Enantiodromia is an idea from Carl Jung that things tend to change to their opposites, that there is a cyclical nature between things.
- "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times"
- The more authoritarian a government, the more it gives rise to a rebellious movement
- We use antibiotics to kill bacteria, which leads to the extreme, antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- When you're dying of cold, you get a feeling of warmth; when you're really hot (like in a sauna), you might suddenly feel cold as your body adapts to the heat
- If there was an extreme of something in your childhood, that might give rise to the opposite in adulthood
- Cultural trends: Girlbossing vs trad-wifing, the "feminine" man vs "masculine" man ideals, an excess of rationality and modernism leads to wistful thoughts about the old ways...
- “The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide”
When there's a dominant trend, there is always a counter-trend. A mainstream opinion and the contrarian. Shift and countershift.