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Now, some of you may say, wait, that's wrong, because, I'm going to university, to learn. Right? It's about learning. Well, guess what? When you actually, go to university, you're going to discover, they don't actually, teach you that much. Okay? They don't have to teach you, that much. And the reason why is, you're stuck paying, the rent. You need the degree, right? So, you don't have to actually, teach anything. You have to come to class, anyway. Does that make sense? The same thing, for the school, where, in order to get to, university, you have to go for this, high school. So, you're here, paying tuition, and you're paying rent. Does that make sense? You're not here, in the school, to learn. You're here, in school, to get the degree, so you can access, university, and get that degree. 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It's the same thing as, it's really the same question as, is it possible, for us to live forever? Is it possible for us to live forever? And then the question then is, why would we want to live forever? You understand? Innovation happens, when we die. Okay? So, what's amazing about, about the Bronze Age collapse, is, because the Bronze Age collapsed, Mycenaean Greece, changed, into a new society, that gave us, Greek civilization, which then gave us, Western civilization. Okay? So in other words, if Mycenaean Greece did not collapse, we would not have, today. Also, because Canaan collapsed, a new society, came into being, called the Israelites. Okay? Israel. And Israel gave us what? You guys know? The Bible. Right? And guess what, guys? The Greeks, and the Bible, are the two foundations, of Western civilization. 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What happens if you don't have a forest fire? Do, do you guys know? Okay. The resilience goes down. Okay? And also, the ecosystem, is less, vibrant. There are less, there are less animals, the trees are less strong. Okay? Do you understand? So that's why, it's important to burn down the forest, now and then. Because you don't burn down the forest, and there's, then, it's less resilient. So there's a, big forest fire, it will just spread, and destroy the entire forest. Okay? Does that make sense? So it's good for societies, to constantly, change, over time. Any more questions? Okay. That's a great question. Okay? All right. So, before we talk about, egalitarian societies, right? How they were at most, 10,000 people. And they did have an elite. Okay? They had an elite. They had people in charge, but this elite, didn't own the property. There was no property. 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Not everyone worked hard. Okay? But, because you had these people, who did work really hard, does that make sense? Okay? Any more questions? Okay. So, great. Okay? So, again, what makes this class different, from..." }, { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0042", "segment_id": "seg-0042", "start": 3202.397, "end": 3217.95, "time_label": "53:22", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "But I'm showing you, why it wins out. And, how it impacts human history, and the development of civilization. Does that make sense? Okay? Okay. Any more questions? Okay. 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And, that's why,..." } ] }, { "term": "Private property", "usages": [ "The ownership form Jiang says egalitarian societies lacked, reducing internal conflict over property." ], "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0037" ], "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0037", "segment_id": "seg-0037", "start": 2842.13, "end": 2924.13, "time_label": "47:22", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Right? What happens if you don't have a forest fire? Do, do you guys know? Okay. The resilience goes down. Okay? And also, the ecosystem, is less, vibrant. There are less, there are less animals, the trees are less stro..." } ] }, { "term": "Rent-seeking behavior", "usages": [ "The core behavior by which elites extract value from their position rather than directly producing value; defined more fully in the next packet.", "Extracting payment because one controls access to land, credentials, or another scarce gateway rather than because one directly produces value." ], "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0016", "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0017", "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0019" ], "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0016", "segment_id": "seg-0016", "start": 1194.4, "end": 1270.03, "time_label": "19:54", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? So, it becomes wealthier, if you have a, permanent, elite. People work harder. Okay? 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What happens if you don't have a forest fire? Do, do you guys know? Okay. The resilience goes down. Okay? And also, the ecosystem, is less, vibrant. There are less, there are less animals, the trees are less stro..." } ] }, { "term": "Scale", "usages": [ "The capacity of a society to grow its population and projects beyond small egalitarian limits, enabled by organization and wealth." ], "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0016" ], "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0016", "segment_id": "seg-0016", "start": 1194.4, "end": 1270.03, "time_label": "19:54", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? So, it becomes wealthier, if you have a, permanent, elite. People work harder. Okay? And, even though there's more inequality, inequality also forces people, to work harder. Does that make sense? Okay? 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So, in other words, you, you don't work anymore. You understand? You're just renting now. Okay? You, you'r..." } ] }, { "term": "Systems collapse", "usages": [ "A collapse process produced by multiple destabilizing forces inside an interconnected system." ], "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0009", "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0010" ], "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0009", "segment_id": "seg-0009", "start": 650.24, "end": 723.83, "time_label": "10:50", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? Before, we thought that it must have been an invasion. So the idea is that what's happening is, you had people from the north of Europe invade Mycenaean Greece, which drove them westward. Okay? 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Because it is the center of the world, you have to pass through this world in order to access everywhere else. Okay? And this place over here, if you look at the map, it becomes t..." } ] } ], "chronology_notes": [ { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0001", "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0006", "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0007" ], "note": "The lecture dates the prosperous Bronze Age world to about 1200 BCE and places the collapse and Egypt's loss of hegemony in the following decades.", "possible_update_to_prior_position": false, "confidence": "high", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0001", "segment_id": "seg-0001", "start": 0.27, "end": 102.84, "time_label": "0:00", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay, so today we will discuss the Bronze Age collapse. I want to paint you a picture of the world in about 1200 BCE. 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So I happen to d..." }, { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0012", "segment_id": "seg-0012", "start": 870.51, "end": 952.7, "time_label": "14:30", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? In the year 900, its civilization was over the place, in Central America. But then, after the Mayas, after 900, it went all the way down. Okay? 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Because you have, too many p..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] }, { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0026", "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0027" ], "note": "Jiang cites Piketty's past-100-year comparison of capital and real-economy growth as a modern analogy for ancient elite overproduction.", "possible_update_to_prior_position": false, "confidence": "medium", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0026", "segment_id": "seg-0026", "start": 1970.71, "end": 2065.98, "time_label": "32:50", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "The third thing you can do, is, create an empire. Okay? But, these three solutions, by themselves, are, also, unstable. Okay? Because land redistribution, is basically a revolution. Right? Civil war, is war. 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What this means, is, let's just say, you have a million dollar..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] }, { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0035" ], "note": "Jiang presents Greek civilization and the Israelite/Biblical tradition as post-collapse successors to Mycenaean Greece and Canaan, making collapse a precondition for later Western civilization.", "possible_update_to_prior_position": false, "confidence": "high", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0035", "segment_id": "seg-0035", "start": 2689.49, "end": 2767.46, "time_label": "44:49", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? It's the same thing as, it's really the same question as, is it possible, for us to live forever? Is it possible for us to live forever? And then the question then is, why would we want to live forever? 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So, my city in Greece, and you may remember this, from last class, it was a long time ago, but last cl..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] }, { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0033" ], "note": "The transcript says 'rhetoric and behavior' where context indicates rent-seeking behavior.", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0033", "segment_id": "seg-0033", "start": 2536.21, "end": 2616.23, "time_label": "42:16", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Because when you have the elite, who engage in rhetoric and behavior, eventually, this society will collapse. Because you have too many elite, who want their cut. Okay? And, when we look at, other, societies, you would,..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] }, { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0034" ], "note": "The transcript says 'My city in Greece, high tides, the Canaanites'; context likely means Mycenaean Greece, Hittites, and Canaanites.", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0034", "segment_id": "seg-0034", "start": 2616.23, "end": 2688.06, "time_label": "43:36", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "It will not collapse, on its own. Something must hit it, for it, for it to collapse. But this one thing, could be anything. Okay? It could be, the people get angry, and they riot. It could be, the weather turns bad. Oka..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] }, { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0038" ], "note": "The final sentence in segment 38 is garbled and probably begins a thought that continues into segment 39 about elite societies needing to expand.", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0038", "segment_id": "seg-0038", "start": 2924.31, "end": 2992.02, "time_label": "48:44", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? So it's egalitarian. And, so, these societies, were, pretty stable. Okay? And the reason why is, usually, it was, the woman in charge, and the woman, could, were good at controlling, population. Okay? Because as a..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] }, { "refs": [ "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0041" ], "note": "The transcript says 'permanent, territory elite' in this conclusion; context from the earlier definition indicates permanent hereditary elite, with possible ASR confusion around hereditary/territorial.", "refs_detail": [ { "ref": "video:predictive-history-qwfb-vxxkwu@transcript:v1#seg-0041", "segment_id": "seg-0041", "start": 3141.31, "end": 3202.397, "time_label": "52:21", "speaker": "SPEAKER_00", "excerpt": "Okay? Not everyone worked hard. Okay? But, because you had these people, who did work really hard, does that make sense? Okay? Any more questions? Okay. So, great. Okay? So, again, what makes this class different, from..." } ], "lens_points": [], "lens_points_detail": [] } ] }