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Jiang emphasizes that Newton saw himself primarily as a theologian and alchemist seeking biblical secrets and the end of the world, not as a modern secular scientist.
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2060
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Jiang says the point is not whether Newton was correct about 2060, but that powerful people can believe a prophecy and use money, influence, and power to make it come true.
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By 2060 Jiang predicts a civilizational fork: AI-controlled communities where people accept microchipped obedience versus weaker communities trying to preserve human freedom and imagination.
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"...elections, and the end of the world. What's your prediction for 2060?"
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"I think by 2060, we will have reached this fork in the road where you do have communities that are AI -controlled. Everyone is..."
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"...told us that the world will probably end, I don't know, 2060, okay? 2050, 2060, around then. So he spent most of his time..."
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"People understood faith. They understood faith as a very important cornerstone of science. Without faith, how could you have the energy and the inspiration..."
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"Well, again, OK. I'm just kidding. So 2060, again, that's not the issue. The issue is that there are very powerful people in this..."
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"...the world would end newton said the world would end in 2060 and you've said that people with unlimited power believe him and are..."
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"i think by 2060 um the world will be in complete chaos there'll be the new dark ages there'll be there'll be no central..."
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"...I think that's the key. And so I think that by 2060, we will have reached this fork in the road where you do..."
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"...for humanity. And this will be the great defining struggle of 2060 around that area while at the same time, we have to remember..."
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"...he would return, OK? So I think he made the prediction 2060. But I can't be sure. But he made a prediction when the..."
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"...when the Second Coming will happen. So he makes his prediction 2060. So whether or not Newton is correct, that's not the issue. The..."
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The interview starts with the end of the world and Satoshi Nakamoto, but the deeper line is Jiang's theory of front men.
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Science begins here as a theological discipline of doubt.
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