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Prelude- defines the cultural beginnings of a decade
Zeitgeist- where the culture of an existing decade is the norm
Echo- where a decade's cultural influence fizzles off
Quintessential years- years that best represent the decade.
Final summary: So as you know the prelude, zeitgeist, and echo of a decade are not actual decades but instead just portions of a decade that explain its cultural aspects. So this this here is how decadeology should work. And hopefully it will end the war on decadeology, and I am open to any questions or comments.
The question still remains: Were the 80's more like the 70's than the 80's? Or were the late 50's more like the early 60's than the late 50's?
The 80s would only be like the late 70s, but mainly for the very beginning of the actual decade. The late-50s/early-60s are more or less a unique period, meaning it's show a cultural transition between the 50s and 60s.
The 80s would only be like the late 70s, but mainly for the very beginning of the actual decade. The late-50s/early-60s are more or less a unique period, meaning it's show a cultural transition between the 50s and 60s.
Have one giant DECADEOLOGY thread where people can pondering such fascinating questions as:
*Was 1804 more like 1802 or more like 1806?
*Was the third week in June more like the last week in May or the second week in July?
*Was late Tuesday morning more like early Tuesday morning or mid-to-late Tuesday afternoon?
Then add an IGNORE THREAD feature.
The world - or, at least, City-Data - would be perfect - or, at least less tedious.
Have one giant DECADEOLOGY thread where people can pondering such fascinating questions as:
*Was 1804 more like 1802 or more like 1806?
*Was the third week in June more like the last week in May or the second week in July?
*Was late Tuesday morning more like early Tuesday morning or mid-to-late Tuesday afternoon?
Then add an IGNORE THREAD feature.
The world - or, at least, City-Data - would be perfect - or, at least less tedious.
The reason we have ten year decades is because our math is done in base ten. It is in base ten because we have ten digits on our hands.
But what if Antonio Alfonseca had been the norm rather than the exception? We would have a base twelve system of math. Now, if we take all the same events that have unfolded, but rearrange the bookends because we are now in base twelve, all the supposed meaning associated with "decadeology " evaporates. Remember, the events have not changed, just our measuring system for decades.
What would happen? Would all the same events be grouped as they are now under our base ten decades, or would they get re-ordered and rethought so as to fit more closely into our base twelve decades?
I think it would be the latter. And that is one of the reasons I do not take concepts like "decadeology" with any seriousness. That there is any linkage between collective events and specific numbers of years will require a more convincing demonstration than the OP provides.
Prelude- defines the cultural beginnings of a decade
Zeitgeist- where the culture of an existing decade is the norm
Echo- where a decade's cultural influence fizzles off
Quintessential years- years that best represent the decade.
Final summary: So as you know the prelude, zeitgeist, and echo of a decade are not actual decades but instead just portions of a decade that explain its cultural aspects. So this this here is how decadeology should work. And hopefully it will end the war on decadeology, and I am open to any questions or comments.
Somewhere else. This forum is to discuss History, not whether Tuesday is better than Thursday.
Some sense.
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... really should be done: 
