--- title: "Secret History #1: How Power Works (4K Re-Upload with Audio Fixed) transcript" description: "Source-synced transcript archive for Secret History #1: How Power Works (4K Re-Upload with Audio Fixed)." source_title: "Secret History #1: How Power Works (4K Re-Upload with Audio Fixed)" published_at: "2025-08-22" source_class: "episode" public_url: "https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/" markdown_url: "https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript.md" text_url: "https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript.txt" source_url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY" data_url: "https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy.json" --- # Secret History #1: How Power Works (4K Re-Upload with Audio Fixed) transcript - Source: [Secret History #1: How Power Works (4K Re-Upload with Audio Fixed)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY) - Published: 2025-08-22, day precision - Human transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/) - Episode page: [/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/) - Transcript Markdown: [/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript.md](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript.md) - Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript.txt) - Episode JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy.json) ## Transcript ### 0:01 seg-0001 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0001` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0001](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0001) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1s) Good morning, class. Welcome to our first class. And today, what I want to do is provide the framework for how we will learn the semester. What are we learning? How are we learning? Why are we learning? All right. So this is a class of ideas. So it's really important for you to pay attention and understand how these ideas connect with each other. If I'm not being clear, ask me a question. In fact, make it a habit to ask as many questions as possible, because that way you will learn more. Learning will be more fun for you and learning will be much more clearer to you. OK, so let's get in the habit of asking questions. So wherever I am confusing, wherever I'm speaking too fast, wherever you don't understand, interrupt me. OK, let's get in the habit. All right. So. I first want to talk about Immanuel Kant. We will be discussing a lot this semester because he is the greatest philosopher in Western history. ### 1:20 seg-0002 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0002` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0002](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0002) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=80s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=80s) And he teaches us, he taught us how the world works. And this is what he told us. He told us that we can never know the objective reality. There is an objective reality. What he calls the Nomana. OK. Or the things in themselves. That is not knowable to us. That is a world we can never access. Why? Because we perceive the world through our senses. Our senses, our perception warps the world and changes it into a structure that we can process. Called the phenomena, which are the things that appear to us. OK, so the example is time and space, time and space do not exist outside of us. Time and space do not exist in reality, but for us to understand reality, we need to add in time and space. And that's the example. All right. So how the world works is. We perceive the world. ### 2:55 seg-0003 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0003` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0003](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0003) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=175s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=175s) We perceive the Nomana and turn it into the phenomena for us to process. In other words, and this is really important. Reality is what we imagine it to be. There is no objective reality. Reality is what we imagine it to be. Life is a constant process, a constant act of imagination. All right. Let's. That's Immanuel Kant. That's the first idea I want you to understand. So what I want to do in this class this semester is train you or teach you or inspire you to augment your imagination so that you see the world much more clearly. This class is not about what to think. It's about how to think. All right. So. Let me explain the structure of the course. So there's past, there's present, and there's future. We will be looking at all three this semester. The past, the present, and the future. We will be analyzing all three in order to construct a more objective reality for ourselves. ### 4:34 seg-0004 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0004` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0004](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0004) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=274s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=274s) We will not succeed. We will fail. But the process of trying will train us. We will train our minds to think much more critically about the world. So let me explain how. In the present, we have geopolitics. We will be studying geopolitics. For example, why is there war in Ukraine? Why is there war in the Middle East? What happened? We will be studying geopolitics. And we will try to understand why this is happening. We will try to formulate an analytical model of geopolitics. Okay? An analytical model. We will then use this analytical model to make predictions about the future. Why do we do this? Because these predictions will tell us if our analytical model is correct or not. Okay? Does that make sense? It's no different from artificial intelligence. How do you know if your artificial intelligence, the model is correct or not? When you test it against reality. ### 5:47 seg-0005 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0005` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0005](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0005) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=347s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=347s) Okay? There's no difference between that artificial intelligence system and what we're trying to do here. And why are we doing this? Because if we're able to have an analytical model that makes correct predictions, then we can take all this and go back and analyze the past to reveal the secret history of the world. That is a project we are undertaking. We are undertaking this semester to discover for ourselves the secret history of humanity. Because you may not know this, but all the history that you learn in school, all that history that you think you know, it is false. Okay? The history that you know, the history that you believe, it is a system implanted into your brains. By powerful people. Okay? So the real question that we're looking at this semester is really, how does power work? Because if we can figure this out, then you will achieve liberation. You will achieve freedom. You will understand how you're being manipulated by others. ### 7:14 seg-0006 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0006` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0006](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0006) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=434s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=434s) And therefore, you'll be free. You'll be empowered to live the way you want to live. To see the world that is true to you. So, let me give you three current examples of how power works. Okay, the first example is money. Let us do a thought experiment. I'm a bank, okay? I decide I want to open a bank. And now you're allowed to put money in the bank, okay? So all of you get together and you put $5 million. In the bank. Not $5 million. Now, why do you put $5 million into my bank? Because I promise you 1 % interest. Right? 1 % interest. That's a really good deal. But now because I owe you some money, right? I owe you 1 % interest. I now need to go make money for myself. So I have a friend who's building a restaurant. And he says, I need ### 8:41 seg-0007 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0007` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0007](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0007) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=521s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=521s) $5 million to build a restaurant. And after a year, I will pay you back 10 % interest. Okay? 10 % interest. And so I make a 9 % profit. And I can use that to pay my employees. To pay myself a salary. To build a new building, okay? So now I want you to think about this. I'm a bank. I got $5 million in deposit money. Then I gave out a $5 million loan. Today, how much money is in the bank? Hmm? How much money now do I have? I got $5 million from you guys. Then I gave it out to someone else. Right? So how much money is in the bank right now? Zero, right? It should be zero. Logically, the answer is zero. In fact, zero is the answer that you are taught in economics. It's what you are taught. Yeah? ### 9:53 seg-0008 - Speaker: SPEAKER_01 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0008` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0008](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0008) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=593s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=593s) Zero is not the answer that we are taught. ### 9:56 seg-0009 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0009` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0009](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0009) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=596s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=596s) Okay. ### 9:56 seg-0010 - Speaker: SPEAKER_01 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0010` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0010](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0010) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=596s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=596s) You cannot loan all the money that you have. They will have a limit like 25%. I don't know. Okay. Maybe 10%. So you can only loan like $4,000. Okay. Okay. Yeah. ### 10:11 seg-0011 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0011` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0011](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0011) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=611s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=611s) Okay. Really good point. Okay. Yes. Okay. So that's really good. So in economics, you learn about the idea of the fractional reserve system. Okay? What's fractional reserve? As you say, you must leave behind a certain amount of money. It can be 7%. It can be 10%. It depends on the country. Okay? Let's say 10%. So theoretically, I cannot actually lend out $5 million. I'm going to lend out $4.5 million. Okay? You're right. Okay? That's law as well. Okay? Actually, okay, let's say I lend out $4.5 million. Okay? Now how much money do I have in the bank? Yeah. Half a million. Right? Okay. So again, this is what you're taught in economics. This is what makes logical sense. Right? The correct answer, what actually happens in real life is you now have $9.5 million. Okay? That is the correct answer. This makes no sense. Right? But it happens in reality. And how do we know? ### 11:28 seg-0012 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0012` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0012](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0012) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=688s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=688s) Because over the past 20 years, Chinese banks, like the Bank of China, the Bank of Industry and Commerce, the Agricultural Bank of China, if you Google these banks, what you will see is these past 20 years, these banks have become the largest in the world. How did that happen? Was it because Chinese people got rich and put all the money in the bank? No, that's not what happened. What happened, guys? What happened was these banks start to lend money out to corporations, to government, to people to build skyscrapers. Right? To build roads. In other words, the banks started to create money out of nothing in order to finance China's infrastructure projects. And that's what banks are allowed to do. They're allowed to put money, create money out of nothing. Okay? Does that make sense? Now the question then is, wait a minute here. That's kind of absurd. How this system come into being? ### 12:42 seg-0013 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0013` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0013](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0013) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=762s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=762s) How is it created? Okay. Well, actually, there's a very easy explanation for where we got the system from. All right? So let me explain the history and the origin of the system. So in the beginning, it was merchants who engaged in finance because merchants needed money in order to facilitate trade. And some merchants became extremely wealthy and when they became very wealthy, they started banks in order to support trade and other merchants. Okay? So these banks traded in gold because that was the primary source and supply of money back then. Okay? So what happened is you would come and you would put your money, your gold in a bank for safekeeping. And the bank would give you a contract. Right? A contract is just saying. Thank you for giving me your gold. I promise to give back your gold at any time that you want it. And this is what we call a receipt. ### 13:56 seg-0014 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0014` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0014](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0014) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=836s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=836s) Right? And this would allow for better and easier trade because now I can take this contract and I can go to England. Okay? Maybe I'm based in Italy, but now I can go to England and say, listen, I need to buy cotton or a banana. And the person is like, well, what do you give me? I'm going to give you gold. Right? So I take the receipt and I give it to you. Right? And why do we, and why do we do this? Because it's a lot easier than giving gold to other people. And so this system would facilitate trade throughout the world. Does it make sense? Now I'm the bank and I have all this gold and I want to make money with it. So I want to give it to other people. So other people would give it to me. Other merchants would come to me and say, listen, I need gold. Can you lend me out gold? ### 14:59 seg-0015 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0015` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0015](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0015) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=899s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=899s) Right? But I say to him, yeah, but if I give you out the gold, you have a security issue. It's inconvenient for you. So why don't I give you a receipt, a contract instead? Does that make sense? Because all I need is a contract. All I need is a receipt in order to go and do trade elsewhere. Right? So, so by doing this, what I've done is. I've doubled the gold in my bank. Right? I've created money out of nothing. So the gold is still 5 million. That hasn't changed, but the receipt is now 5 million plus 5 million. So theoretically, I now have 10 million in the bank. All right. So that's how money and finance works. Now there's a problem with this system. What's the problem with the system? What do you mean? ### 16:10 seg-0016 - Speaker: UNKNOWN - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0016` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0016](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0016) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=970s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=970s) Okay. ### 16:20 seg-0017 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0017` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0017](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0017) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=980s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=980s) That's a good question. Okay. Why is it that people believe in me? Okay. The answer is very simple. The answer is because for most of you of human history, people didn't need money. If you, if you were just a normal person, what were you doing? Were you in a village growing crops? If you wanted to like get new stuff, what would you do? You would trade with someone else, right? Maybe you have a gold that I want. Well, then I would trade you a cow for it. So we didn't actually need money. So for most of human history, no one had any need for money. It was only in certain circumstances that you would want money. So for example, marriage, right? Okay. So for most of human history, money represented debt that could be unpaid. Oh, sorry. Debt that could never be repaid. So for example, a very common thing. The thing is, um, maybe you and I fight and I kill you. ### 17:25 seg-0018 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0018` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0018](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0018) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1045s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1045s) Well, in theory, your family should not come and kill me, but obviously that would create a lot of problems, right? So the way to settle the dispute is I would give your family money because money was symbolically meant to say, I'm sorry, I killed you. This is a debt that can never be repaid. Right? That's what money was used for in most circumstances throughout human history. There was no actually real use for money. It was symbolic. But with the rise of trade over merchants, they needed money in order to facilitate the trade. But these merchants all knew each other, so they trusted each other anyway. So money was a mechanism for them to, um, trade easier. Okay. Does that make sense? All right. Okay. So let's go back to the question. This system looks great. I can print money out of nothing, but there's a problem with this system. ### 18:25 seg-0019 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0019` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0019](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0019) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1105s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1105s) What is the problem? There's a problem here. Hmm? Okay. That's actually a great question. Okay. So yeah. Is it possible to forge the contract? Okay. So, um, that's a really good point. The problem is, uh, so the, the, the, the answer is that they all knew each other anyway. Okay. Because it's a very small circle. Again, we have not reached the mourning period where, um, it's a lot of people using the money. If that's the case, then fortune becomes a problem. We'll discuss this in future classes. Okay. Counterfeiting. But at this point in history, forgery is actually not a big issue. There's actually a bigger issue and it's a huge issue. What's the issue? I have $5 million of gold, right? There's about $10 million of gold out there in receipts. What's the problem with that? The problem is that if everyone wants to go at the same time, I go bankrupt, right? ### 19:35 seg-0020 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0020` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0020](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0020) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1175s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1175s) Because I lose my reputation. The contract says that at any time you want the gold, I must give it to you. But if I have like, if there's $100 million in gold contracts, but I only have $10 million in gold, only if 15 million wants the gold back, then I'm screwed. If this is what we call a bank run, okay, a bank run. And this is a huge problem for merchants. Okay. There's also another problem with the system and the problem is this, who do I usually lend my money to? Do you guys know? If I'm a bank, if I'm a merchant, who do I usually lend my money to? Okay guys, today we lend the money to entrepreneurs, but back then there really weren't entrepreneurs. There were kings and noble people. And what did they do all the time? Why did they need money? To fight wars. Okay. That's why there's a demand for gold. ### 20:41 seg-0021 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0021` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0021](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0021) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1241s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1241s) Because if I'm a king, I need to fight a war, usually against my brother or someone else to control this territory, right? Now the problem with this is I could get killed in which case, oops. But also what's much more common is the king would be like, screw you bank. I don't need to pay you back. Okay. So there's actually a lot of risks with this system. So over time, develop a system to mitigate. Or reduce this risk. What would they do? What they would do is they would create cartels. Cartels are just partnerships. So maybe this bank works with another bank, works with another bank throughout Europe. And the way they establish these cartels is usually through intermarriage, right? They would marry each other. They would combine together. And that way, let's say 15 million receipts once back. Right? The gold. But there's only 10 million. Well, guess what? You just go to another bank. ### 21:48 seg-0022 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0022` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0022](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0022) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1308s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1308s) Okay. And let's just say a king decides I'm not going to pay you back bank. Well your bank works with other banks to establish a new enemy to kill the king to get the money back. Do you understand? And this system is what we call today central banking. And what you will learn in this class is central banking controls the world today. Okay. Now, what's really important about this system is that it's based on power. Right? And what power is, you can turn nothing, money, the contract into everything. Right? That's what money is. Okay. So we live in a world in which banks can print out money, right? So now let's ask ourselves a question. Wait a minute here. Okay. If the banks can print as much money as possible, why do we have poverty? Right? Because we can just give money to poor people and they wouldn't be poor anymore. Why do we have poverty? ### 23:20 seg-0023 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0023` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0023](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0023) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1400s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1400s) If there's all the food in the world that we want, why are people starving still? Why? ### 23:29 seg-0024 - Speaker: SPEAKER_02 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0024` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0024](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0024) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1409s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1409s) Because we don't. ### 23:33 seg-0025 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0025` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0025](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0025) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1413s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1413s) So we don't have limited resources, we have scarcity. Okay. Right? So that is the common answer, scarcity. We have poverty because of scarcity. But I already told you this, they can print money out of nothing. So money is infinite. Money is an infinite resource. So why are we, why do we have poor people then? That's kind of strange. ### 24:09 seg-0026 - Speaker: SPEAKER_04 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0026` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0026](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0026) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1449s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1449s) You see what's happening is this. ### 24:14 seg-0027 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0027` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0027](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0027) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1454s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1454s) You all believe money is scarce. Right? Okay. I just spent the past 10, 20 minutes explaining to you. It's not scarce. It's infinite. It's just a number. We can at any time print out as much money as we need. Okay. So that's how power works. Power has brainwashed you into thinking something that is not true. You've been taught from the first day that money is scarce, but it's not scarce. It's infinite. And no matter what I say to you, you still believe this. Okay. So you have to get that out of your head. Money is not scarce. It is infinite. So let's work with a question. Why is there poverty in this world? Why do people starve? Why is there inequality in this world? Why are there poor people? Why are there rich people? What's the answer? ### 25:09 seg-0028 - Speaker: SPEAKER_01 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0028` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0028](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0028) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1509s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1509s) Because they don't. ### 25:12 seg-0029 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0029` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0029](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0029) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1512s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1512s) Okay. Because it's scarce. Okay. So guys, this is amazing. Okay. You guys can't get it out of your head. You think money is scarce. You think it is not possible to print infinity. When I already told you, it is possible to print infinity because they do this all the time. Yeah. ### 25:30 seg-0030 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0030` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0030](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0030) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1530s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1530s) The one who has, don't want to share the same. ### 25:38 seg-0031 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0031` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0031](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0031) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1538s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1538s) Yeah. Because we don't want people to all have money. The powerful people don't want that. That's the exact answer. And why? Because otherwise no one would work. Do you understand? The point of putting money. Okay. Not to give you money. The point of putting money is to create the illusion that money is valuable and therefore you work hard in order to obtain it. But in order for me to make you want to get money, I need to create artificial misery. Do you understand? Right? If there weren't poor people, you wouldn't want to be rich. It's only. It's only because you see people suffer that you would want to go make money for yourself. What do your parents tell you? Your parents tell you work hard in school, make a lot of money. Otherwise you're going to end up like a poor person. Right? Well, guess what? If there are no poor people, your parents couldn't say that to you and you wouldn't want to work hard in school, right? ### 26:50 seg-0032 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0032` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0032](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0032) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1610s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1610s) That's why we have poverty because poverty creates the illusion that money is valuable. In other words, poverty isn't what you do to yourself. It is what the powerful do to you. Now, let me ask you another question. You guys have studied some economics. Why do you have like crises, crises? For example, there's a stock market crash, or for example, the economy goes down and people lose their jobs. Why do you have crises? Exactly. You're not taught this in economics class. That's kind of weird, right? The point of crises is to destroy money. Why do we need to destroy money? Because if there's too much money in the system, people lose their jobs. People don't have to work. So you have to destroy this money in order to make people feel money is scarce. Okay? Does that make sense? So why do you have wars? ### 27:57 seg-0033 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0033` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0033](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0033) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1677s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1677s) Right? Why are there wars in the world then? Because they're fighting over scarce resources, right? I already told you. Scarcity is a lie. The real reason is war is meant to destroy wealth in order to make you think money is valuable. Do you understand? You guys play World of Warcraft or these games, right? Yeah. Guess what guys, World of Warcraft in our world, there's actually no difference. You just run around pointlessly working hard to obtain credits in order to buy stuff. If credit just flew out of the sky because they could do that, right? They could actually program the engine to just put money out of nothing, you wouldn't do nothing every day. You wouldn't play the game, okay? It's only because you believe that there's scarcity in the world and that you must work hard to obtain wealth that you do any work. Do you understand this? So this world that ### 28:57 seg-0034 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0034` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0034](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0034) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1737s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1737s) we live in, it's a complete illusion created by central banking in order to make us work as hard as possible because the real value is not money. The real value is the work we do. Okay? Does that make sense guys? All right. Yeah? ### 29:20 seg-0035 - Speaker: SPEAKER_04 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0035` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0035](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0035) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1760s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1760s) You said scarcity is an illusion, right? But I understand that money can be printed infinitely, but resources can be printed infinitely, but resources such as food and land, they are technically unlimited. Does scarcity still exist in other resources? Okay. ### 29:40 seg-0036 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0036` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0036](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0036) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1780s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1780s) That's a great question. Okay. So the question is, isn't food scarce? Because food is a finite resource, right? Do yourself a favor, okay? Go to the garbage dump somewhere, anywhere in Beijing and see the amount of food that is wasted every single day. If food was scarce, why do we have food waste? Okay? So if you just do the mathematics, what you will discover is there's enough food to feed everyone. Okay? There doesn't have to be hunger and starvation. It's an artificial crisis. Okay? Does that make sense? So you're right in that. Yeah, the food's not infinite, but it's abundant. There's a lot of it. Enough to feed people. Okay? ### 30:30 seg-0037 - Speaker: UNKNOWN - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0037` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0037](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0037) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1830s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1830s) Okay. ### 30:36 seg-0038 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0038` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0038](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0038) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1836s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1836s) All right. So again, you guys are stuck in the scarcity. Scarcity mindset. And it's very convincing. So let's move on, okay? So this is something that we'll go back to later on, because I cannot convince you today, this morning, that everything you believed about the world and about yourself is wrong. Okay? You're still stuck there. Like, okay, there's scarcity and you're right, there's scarcity, but we also live in a world of abundance. Okay? And a lot of things that you believe are just misconceptions about the world. Okay? So we'll go back there. Okay? Later on. All right. So let's move on. Okay? So we've done money now. Right? Now let's do another question. Let's do a question of happiness. The question for us today is what makes us happy? Come on. What makes you happy? How can you live a happy life? Okay. Well, obviously money, right? If you have a lot of money, that doesn't make you happy. ### 31:44 seg-0039 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0039` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0039](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0039) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1904s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1904s) What else? Exactly. Power. Right? Sure. Power. Excuse me? Okay. Good. Freedom. Yeah. What else? Relationships. Yep. Sure. You have good friends. Right? Like lots and lots of friends. What else? ### 32:14 seg-0040 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0040` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0040](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0040) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1934s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1934s) Okay. ### 32:15 seg-0041 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0041` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0041](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0041) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1935s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=1935s) Love. Right? Love. Sure. What else? Like video games, I guess. Vacations. Okay? Lots and lots of things. Okay? What you will discover about this list is this, you are thinking about individual happiness. And this is actually unique in human history. If you were to go back in time to 500 years ago, and you ask people, how can you be happy? They would focus more on collective happiness. In other words, if your community were not happy, you cannot be happy. So, the very idea of the individual is new in human history. Before, we understood that if you want to live a happy life, you need to take care of your family. You need to take care of your community. For them, for us, throughout most of human history, happiness meant helping others, being generous to others. So, for example, let's just say that... Okay. I go off, and I wander, and then I find a lot of gold, right? ### 33:46 seg-0042 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0042` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0042](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0042) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2026s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2026s) I come back, and what's the first thing I do with all this gold? Do you guys know? And this is like the ancient past. Dig a hole and put them inside. Okay. Yeah. Good. Right? We're going to dig a hole and put that money inside because we want to give to our children. That's a modern mindset. But what did they do before? And this happened throughout every society. If I became rich one day, what's the first thing I would do? Hmm? No. Okay. So, we'll learn this. Okay? But the first thing that people did was they had a big feast for everyone. They spent all their money on a big feast. Because what mattered was your reputation with the community. What mattered was your generosity. If you got rich one day, you made sure that everyone in the community benefited from your wealth, usually by holding a big feast. And guess what, guys? ### 34:42 seg-0043 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0043` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0043](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0043) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2082s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2082s) This is true. This is true in China for most of Chinese history. Right? If you come from a Chinese village, you come to Beijing, you open a restaurant, you make a lot of money, you go out to your village, what's the first thing you do? Come on, guys. Feast. You have a big feast for everyone. Okay? So, this is ingrained in us. Okay? But as you say, today, what we believe is if you have a lot of money, put it underground or put it in the bank. Okay? But back then, for most of human history, we would just spend our own money. We would spend it all on a big feast. We wanted everyone to share in happiness. And that's what made us happy. Okay? Any questions? Yeah? ### 35:30 seg-0044 - Speaker: SPEAKER_04 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0044` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0044](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0044) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2130s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2130s) I was wondering, you mentioned that it was all reputation on some levels. Would that count into as, you know, your individual happiness? Because after you get rich, you care about your reputation. Okay. ### 35:48 seg-0045 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0045` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0045](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0045) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2148s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2148s) Yeah. So, you're asking, isn't this about individual reputation? And again, I mean, this is hard. Okay? But the individual, the concept of individual did not exist before. We just created it. The idea that I'm a person independent of my family, independent of my community, independent of the world around me makes no sense. What was the worst punishment that could be inflicted on you in the past? Let's just say that we're going to fight, I kill you. Right? ### 36:19 seg-0046 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0046` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0046](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0046) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2179s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2179s) They say you no longer belong to this world. ### 36:22 seg-0047 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0047` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0047](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0047) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2182s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2182s) Exactly. Banishment. Exile. Not death. Right? And today, if I killed you, the police would come catch me and then kill me. But before, we didn't do that. Because the worst thing that we could do was exile you. It says, you're no longer part of us. You understand? So, the concept of individual did not exist. Right? Okay. So, let's move on. All right. So, now I'm going to present two understandings of the world. And you're going to tell me which understanding you think is correct. And the first understanding, we humans don't have agency. We don't have really control. Why? Because there are powerful gods out there. Okay? There are these powerful gods like Apollo, Dionysus. Oh, the problem though is that they are also controlled by other gods that are more powerful. Like, for example, fate, fortune. And then there are these really ancient gods that control the structure of the universe. For example, maybe anger and pride. ### 37:37 seg-0048 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0048` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0048](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0048) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2257s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2257s) So, you obviously know individual agency because there's always a god screwing with you. Okay? You might get rich, but then the god of pride looks at you and says, no, no, no. I need to teach this mortal a lesson. So, the god comes into me, makes me too arrogant, and I screw up. Okay? So, we're always being controlled by these forces beyond our understanding. Okay? So, that's the first worldview. The second worldview is this. We are synapses that generate memories. ### 38:19 seg-0049 - Speaker: UNKNOWN - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0049` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0049](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0049) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2299s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2299s) Okay? ### 38:20 seg-0050 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0050` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0050](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0050) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2300s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2300s) We are memories. Our understanding of the world comes from our experience that is controlled by synapses. Synapses come from a combination of DNA and environment. Our genes and our interaction with the environment, our experiences. And what this means is that we can now have control over our own individual fate. If you're angry, it's because some experience or some genes made you angry, and this anger becomes reinforced in your memories. And therefore, if you do proper therapy, if you do proper reflection, if you do some exercises, you can better control your anger and therefore control your fate. Okay? So, in the first worldview, there are lots and lots of gods. They're evil, and they're random, and we have absolutely no control over our fate. We can only hope to get lucky in life and not piss off the gods. In the second worldview, we are only a collection of our memories, and we are only synapses. ### 39:40 seg-0051 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0051` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0051](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0051) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2380s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2380s) So, we're able to manipulate the memories and the synapses in a proper way. We can be free of all problems. We can be free of anger. We can be free of depression. We can be free of misery. All right? Let me ask you this question. Which worldview is a more accurate reflection of reality? Obviously, the second one, right? Because this is neuroscience. Science or psychology or psychiatry. This is what you've been taught in school. This is what you all believe. Our entire society is structured around this very idea. And what you will learn in this class is it is completely wrong. It is the first one that is a more accurate reflection of reality. The first one gives you more information, gives you a more accurate assessment of how the world really works. Okay? So, now let me ask you this question. If the first worldview, and this is what we call polytheism. And polytheism, for most of human history, was the dominant religion. ### 40:58 seg-0052 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0052` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0052](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0052) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2458s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2458s) Okay? Now we live in a world where the religion is science. Science is basically religion. So, why do we make this transition? What's the benefit? If you're a powerful person, why would you prefer the second one as opposed to the first one? Why? What's the benefits to powerful people? What does power want to believe the second one but not the first one? Yeah, okay. So, the idea of individual responsibility. Okay? So, then there's more control. It's easier to control people in this system. Right? That's the first benefit. What's the second benefit? The second benefit is you will work harder. Right? Because in the first system, you're like, you know what, I don't need to go make a lot of money because if I make a lot of money, the gods will punish me and make me proud. So, I'm just going to like enjoy life and take it easy. ### 42:16 seg-0053 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0053` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0053](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0053) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2536s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2536s) Right? So, in the second system, no, no, I have control over my own life. So, I need to work hard. Okay? So, again, the entire point of the system is to make you work as hard as possible because when you work hard, that generates real wealth for the powerful people. Money does nothing. Okay? Money just incentivizes you to work hard. So, this exists in order to make you work harder. There's one more benefit or there's more benefits but what's another benefit? Okay. The other benefit is this, powerlessness. It makes you powerless. Why? This system is designed to make you absolutely powerless. Why? Why? No, no, no, no. No, no. See again. Again, this is how you're brain washed. You believe one makes you powerless, but that's not correct. Two makes you powerless. Why? Why is it between one and two? Why is it in number two you are powerless? ### 43:30 seg-0054 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0054` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0054](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0054) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2610s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2610s) I didn't get it. Uh… Okay. ### 43:38 seg-0055 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0055` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0055](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0055) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2618s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2618s) So, the problem with number two is you're incapable of collective action because you think all the source of your problem is the individual in you and not society. But number one, you are capable of collective action and the only way to change the world is through collective action. Does that make sense? This is a really important point. Two, it's designed to make you think the source of all your problems is within you. So you should ignore what other people do and think. It doesn't matter to you. And therefore, you're incapable of identifying with other people. You're not capable of collective action. If you're not capable of collective action and you feel really miserable, what you will do is play video games or watch porn all day. Okay? And that's what's happening in society today. Yeah? ### 44:38 seg-0056 - Speaker: SPEAKER_02 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0056` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0056](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0056) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2678s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2678s) But in number two, like from experience, you should take others' perspective and not just... ### 44:55 seg-0057 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0057` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0057](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0057) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2695s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2695s) So in number two, who has authority? Who do you listen to? You listen to scientists, right? Scientists. Because this system was created by scientists. By scientists to trick you. Okay? This system you think, oh, it's science. Therefore it must be real. Guys, let me give you a piece of advice. Okay? If you're ever feeling sad and you are depressed, what should you do? What should you do? What have you been taught to do? You feel sad, you're depressed. What should you do? Hmm? Okay. Yeah. The correct answer is walk around. But that's not what you've been taught, right? What have you been taught to do? Tell your friends. Okay. Telling your friend, tell your parent. That's actually really good. Right? So walking around, exercising, resting, talking to a friend about your problem. That's all really good. But what have you been taught to do in school? Really? If you are feeling really, really sad, what should you do? ### 46:01 seg-0058 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0058` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0058](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0058) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2761s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2761s) You should go talk to a psychiatrist, right? You should talk to a psychologist. And what will he do? What will he or she do? Okay. Well, I'm going to give you a piece of advice. Okay? And you can test it out for yourself. But if you're feeling sad, and you are feeling depressed, and you feel you have to talk to a psychiatrist, and you do so, I will make you bet that the psychiatrist will make it a lot worse. You will feel worse after talking to a psychiatrist. Okay? And the reason why is the system is not designed to cure you of any problems. The system is to make you dependent on authority. You know that. If you feel sad. Well, you know what? Just go for a walk. Talk to a friend. You'll feel better over time. But the system teaches you, no. If you feel sad, go talk to a psychiatrist who will give you drugs. ### 46:57 seg-0059 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0059` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0059](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0059) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2817s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2817s) It's designed to make you dependent on authority. Yeah? ### 47:02 seg-0060 - Speaker: SPEAKER_04 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0060` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0060](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0060) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2822s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2822s) I want to ask, like, in scenario one, rule number one, would God also be an authority? God will also be an authority. ### 47:12 seg-0061 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0061` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0061](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0061) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2832s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2832s) That's actually a great question. Okay? God is authority. Okay. That's actually a great question. Thank you so much. So, I have to spend time to explain to you both systems, and I will do so. But what's really important about number one is the gods are really bad people. Okay? The gods, in number one, the polytheistic system, they fight all the time. They're vengeful. They're angry. They're proud. But because they're gods, they can get away with it. And that's the difference between humans and gods. We're all the same. We're all angry. We're all jealous. We all fight. Okay? But the gods can get away with it. Humans cannot. Gods can do hubris. We cannot do hubris. Do you understand? So the idea that, oh, the people in power are benevolent. The people in power are authority figures who are after our best interests. That is a new modern concept. Right? before it was assumed that the ### 48:25 seg-0062 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0062` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0062](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0062) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2905s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2905s) king is a king why because he's favored by the gods it's not because he's a good person it's not because he's a just ruler it's just because the gods like him for whatever reason but guess what the gods give and the gods take maybe today the king will uh rule us but maybe five years from now he gets unlucky and the gods kill him too bad if you read greek mythology and we will do so in this class okay we'll go over into greek civilization we'll look at Oedipus we'll look at Homer the Iliad okay they talk about this all the time fate is something that you cannot control something that happens to you and therefore you must live life to your best all right so the difference is this the difference is in number one they have a concept called eudaimonia if you have no control over your fate if things can happen to ### 49:27 seg-0063 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0063` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0063](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0063) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2967s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=2967s) you tomorrow that kill you then live your life to the best of your ability today seize the day be the best that you can be today and that's how you win favor from the gods eudaimonia what we call flourishing the point of life is to live it to the best of your ability and that's why guess what guys the ancients the greeks they were superior to us if you read greek literature you read greek philosophy Plato Homer Aeschylus Eubulius they were the best today we suck why because instead of eudaimonia we have pleasure rather than flourish as creative people we're like how do i enjoy my life today how do i not feel sad okay so in the first system even though it sounds like we have no control with no agency but it it inspires us to live to the best for our own purpose best of our ability the second system we're like ### 50:36 seg-0064 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0064` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0064](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0064) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3036s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3036s) oh you have control complete control over your life it enslaves us okay all right now let's move on to the third and final example and i know this is shocking i know this is surprising but over the course of the semester i will give you enough evidence to convince you that this is all true okay i'm just set up the structure in the framework today all right let's let's let's do down to school guys why do you have school why are we in school why why are you here what something is learn exactly right learn what else yeah to get to get the degree okay to get the degree okay to graduate what else knowledge yes ### 51:45 seg-0065 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0065` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0065](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0065) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3105s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3105s) test watch the students excuse me i feel like give a power uh a chance brainwashing okay guess what ### 51:57 seg-0066 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0066` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0066](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0066) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3117s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3117s) guys the correct answer is brainwashing everything else is a lie okay all right what are you in the school you come to class you listen to a lecture you read books right and then you and then you have to do a test and you have to write a paper and then and then the teacher gives you a grade that's how you learn right let me ask you this question then throughout most of human history how did we learn if you want to become a doctor what did you do the answer is experience do it right let me ask you this question let's say you're 12 years old you'll be a doctor okay there are two paths ahead of you the first path is you know what i'm just put you in a hospital and you're going to learn there for like 10 years someone's going to mentor you someone's going you're going to be that ### 52:58 seg-0067 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0067` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0067](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0067) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3178s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3178s) person's apprentice maybe the first year all you do is like wash the floor okay but you're going to observe the doctor and then eventually the doctor is going to tell you how to um treat patients okay that's the first system second system is you go to the best school in the world then you go to harvard for undergraduate then you go to harvard medical school the best medical school in the world okay age 30 who's about a doctor number one or number two obviously the first one one, right? Because the second person, the person who went to Harvard and Harvard Medical School did not ever work in a hospital. Do you understand? Now, let me ask you another question. In the first system, do you have to be really, really smart to be a good doctor? You don't actually. Anyone can be a doctor in the first system. Anyone. We human beings are all born with the capacity to learn anything if you wanted to learn it, right? ### 54:08 seg-0068 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0068` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0068](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0068) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3248s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3248s) If you want to be an engineer, if you want to be a lawyer, if you want to be a doctor, if you want to be a scientist, if you want to be anything, okay? Just go find a mentor who can teach you how to do so. And I guarantee you that you will learn how to do it well. And anyone can do this. But instead, we have a system in which we tell children, we tell children, we tell children, we tell children, we tell children, we tell students, you're smart, you're stupid. Smart students go to good schools and good universities and they get good jobs. Stupid students go wash dishes, okay? And that was not true for most of human history. It's true today, but for most of human history, if you want to go learn something, all you had to do was go find a teacher. ### 54:58 seg-0069 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0069` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0069](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0069) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3298s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3298s) And that teacher would teach you. And then you would learn it, right? So school is not a place. It's not a place to teach you how to learn. A school doesn't teach you knowledge. It doesn't do that. A school is a place that brainwashes you, okay? Now, the question then is, what does it brainwash you in? What would it brainwash you? Okay. All right. To answer that, I'm going to give you some history, okay? We will do a lot of history in this class. But I'm going to tell you the three societies that first introduced mandatory, free public schooling in the world, okay? The first is called Sparta, okay? Sparta was a small city -state in Greece, like 3,000, 4,000 years ago, 3,000 years ago. And they had a new system in which children as early as five or six years old, they were put into a school. ### 56:07 seg-0070 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0070` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0070](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0070) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3367s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3367s) And in the school, they were beaten up by older kids who were like nine or ten. Okay? That's Sparta. The second society was called the Aztecs. Aztecs. And they also provided free compulsory education to all its children. Really good, right? And the third society is called Prussia. And actually, Prussia is a system that everyone uses today. Do you guys know any history? Okay? What is common about all three societies? Sparta, Aztecs, and Prussia. What is common to all three? Okay. War. All three societies are fundamentally war societies dedicated to defeating their neighbors. Sparta was one of thousands of city -states in Greece. The only society of these thousands that had compulsory education. Why? Because Sparta was first and foremost engaged in war making. Sparta, you've heard of Spartans, right? The Spartan warrior. Okay? The Aztecs were the greatest war society in Central America before they rivaled the Europeans. They defeated everyone. They were engaged in war. ### 57:47 seg-0071 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0071` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0071](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0071) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3467s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3467s) They also did a lot of human sacrifice as well. Okay? We learn about the Aztecs later on. Prussia. The Prussians, the greatest military in Europe. For centuries, they were engaged in war making as well. Okay? Do you understand this? Why we have schools is because schools are really good at preparing people for war. Why? Excuse me? ### 58:19 seg-0072 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0072` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0072](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0072) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3499s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3499s) They don't have people under their hands. They're going to teach something. How do they do with the war? ### 58:27 seg-0073 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0073` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0073](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0073) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3507s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3507s) What is, what is, why, why, let me ask you this question. Why did they not, did not have before why is it that people like we don't want schools why again the sparta aspects and pressure with a few societies that had free public schooling why didn't other studies just copy them why okay let me ask you this question let's just say you're a mother or father what's the and you have a child right what's the worst thing that could happen in your life no no your mother or your father you have a child right what's the worst thing that can happen to you in your life your child is staying away from you right what does school do school is designed to take your child away from you okay let me ask you this question if school is about learning why don't parents and children go to school together yeah why not why because parents ### 59:49 seg-0074 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0074` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0074](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0074) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3589s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3589s) have the work to survive right ### 59:50 seg-0075 - Speaker: SPEAKER_04 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0075` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0075](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0075) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3590s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3590s) there's actually a better reason why okay it's about brainwashing right because how do you ### 1:00:01 seg-0076 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0076` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0076](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0076) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3601s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3601s) brainwash someone right if you're with your parent are you gonna be brainwashed no because you feel loved you feel secure your parents gonna protect you you're not your parent hey is this teacher is he or she lying to me and the parent's like yeah he's he's lying to you okay it's only because you've been taken away from your parent that you are now willing to be brainwashed why why because what happens if you if you leave your parents how do you feel how do you feel yeah exactly right insecure you're anxious you're afraid you understand you've lost your parent you're four you're five you're six years old you've lost your parent you feel really insecure so who do you trust your teacher whatever your teacher says is now correct yeah okay that's a great point okay aren't our brain parents brainwashed as well um that's correct your parents are brainwashed but what i'm saying is ### 1:01:14 seg-0077 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0077` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0077](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0077) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3674s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3674s) when a parent is with a child the child feels secure and if you're secure you're much more willing to disobey authority you're much willing to ask questions you're much willing to think for yourself because you feel secure because your parent is there to protect you but if you take the parent away you can't do that you must now rely on the teacher who can now brainwash you okay so are you brainwashing that am i brainwashing you okay okay all right okay so the question is am i brainwashing you okay that's a good question and it's a fair question and again that's why i tell you this okay you have the capacity to ask me questions you have the capacity to challenge me you have the capacity to think for yourself okay so all i'm saying is hear me out ask me questions and then think for yourself whether or not i make sense because the ### 1:02:14 seg-0078 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0078` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0078](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0078) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3734s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3734s) difference between my class and other classes is like i don't test you right i don't give you grades it's a pass fail class you can actually choose to say you know what this is nonsense i don't want to listen anymore i can't i can't stop you okay but in school guess what happens if you don't go come to school your parents get arrested all right do you understand that's the difference it's your choice whether to pay attention or not all right so another question is okay if schools are designed to brainwash you what are they brainwashing you in well they're designed to brainwash you to believe a concept call it the nation state the nation state the schools are designed to brainwash you to think the nation state exists it is a person mother china you must love this person you must be willing to sacrifice yourself for this person you must be willing to take it yourself to this person Mother China. ### 1:03:26 seg-0079 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0079` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0079](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0079) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3806s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3806s) And how do we brainwash you? We teach you language, right? We teach you history. We teach you geography. We teach you all this to make you believe that the nation state, Mother China, the United States, France, they all exist. But guess what? Throughout most of human history, it was absurd to think the nation state existed, okay? Before, you didn't say, I'm Chinese. Before, you say, I'm a Beijing -er, or I'm from Hai Dian, or I'm from Chaoyang, right? Because that makes more sense. You're from a place where you know the people. But now, because of the nation state, you are forced to believe that you are the same person as someone from Yunnan, Tibet, Guangxi, even though, guess what, guys? You have absolutely nothing in common, okay? But you're all Chinese, and that's what school is designed to do. School is designed to implant in you a false memory of a nation state, okay? ### 1:04:31 seg-0080 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0080` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0080](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0080) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3871s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3871s) That's what history is. History is the false memory of a nation state. And that's why you're all forced to go to school, okay? ### 1:04:54 seg-0081 - Speaker: SPEAKER_03 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0081` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0081](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0081) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3894s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3894s) Yeah, so yeah, so the point of school is to serve the nation state, understand? ### 1:05:06 seg-0082 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0082` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0082](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0082) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3906s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3906s) Right? Does that make sense? If you believe in the nation state, if you believe in Mother China, then you must serve her. You must obey her. You must fight for her. You must die for her, okay? So the idea of the nation state was created in order to make you obedient to authority, and it works very effectively, yeah? All countries, all countries are nation states, okay? So I mean, like, I'm not saying China is different from other places. China is exactly the same as other places, okay? What you will learn in this class is, how do we get to this place? Because again, the three things that we learn, okay? Money, the individual, the nation state. These are all ideas and concepts beyond the human experience. If you try to work this out from first principles, you're trying to figure this out by yourself, you couldn't do it. You have to be brainwashed into believing these three things. ### 1:06:14 seg-0083 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0083` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0083](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0083) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3974s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=3974s) If someone from the past, maybe a thousand years ago, was a person who was a person who was a person who was a person who was a person who would come today, you would explain the concept of money, individual, and nation state. The person would be like, wait a minute here. This means that you're all slaves, okay? So now the question then is, where do we get these three concepts from? What you will learn in this class is, these three concepts come from a revolution in human thought called monotheism. The one true God. This idea, monotheism, forever changed the course of human history. And it gave us these concepts of money, individual, and nation state. Monotheism is such a powerful idea that it turned nothing into everything, okay? That's what you will learn in this class. We will learn about monotheism, and we will discover how it created money, individual, and the nation state, and it basically created the world that we live in today, okay? ### 1:07:43 seg-0084 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0084` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0084](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0084) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=4063s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=4063s) All right. Any questions? Excuse me? Okay, yeah, so there are three great monotheistic religions, right? Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What I will show you later on is, it's basically the same religion. Yep. All right. Okay, so I don't want to give you too much information, okay? Because there's a lot to process. But I want you guys to remember the concepts. Money, individual, and nation state are all powerful concepts that are embedded into everyday life. You cannot escape it, okay? You've been brainwashed into thinking that they all exist when in fact, they don't actually don't exist. And that's how power works. What power is, okay? What power truly is, is what we call alchemy. Alchemy throughout human history was the pursuit of power. Power of turning lead into gold, okay? Lead into gold, okay? Nothing into everything. That's what alchemy was. ### 1:09:09 seg-0085 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0085` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0085](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0085) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=4149s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=4149s) And maybe in science class, you're taught that alchemy is this fake science. It's a pseudo -science, and it did not work. What you will learn in this class is, we achieve alchemy, okay? We turn nothing into everything. We turn lead into gold. Or that's what power is. Power is the capacity to turn nothing into everything. Power is the capacity to make you believe that money is valuable. That the individual can lead to happiness. That the nation state exists. That's what power is, okay? And as a result, today, we live extremely miserable lives. Okay? So you've been taught to think that, oh, life just gets better and better. What you will learn in this class is, actually, Um, nope. Okay. And what's really important is you will also learn in this class that this was an accident. Okay. This is an accident. It's an accident of the human imagination. It's because we didn't know what we were doing that we created this system. ### 1:10:29 seg-0086 - Speaker: SPEAKER_00 - Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy@transcript:v1#seg-0086` - Transcript segment: [https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0086](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lt8xlz78zvy/transcript/#seg-0086) - Video timestamp: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=4229s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt8XLz78ZvY&t=4229s) So what you also learn is that if you're able to control the human imagination, you can use it to create a new system that allows for eudaimonia or the flourishing of the human intellect. Okay. All right. Any questions? Okay. So, um, that's it for, uh, today. Okay. I'll see you guys next class.