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4 timestamped hits 3 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-03-13, day precision Aliases: aggressive-risk-takers, taker, takers

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aggressive risk-taker

China had the technologies that made modernity possible, then built a political culture that made those technologies inert.

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China had the technologies that made modernity possible, then built a political culture that made those technologies inert.

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Bureaucracy That Ate China (2025-03-13, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The Bureaucracy That Ate China; Alexander Under the Father's Shadow; Philip Built The Machine Alexander Rode.

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aggressive risk-taker

Glossary

The successor type who expands inherited capital by taking risks that the founder could not take.

Timestamped Evidence

The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

Transcript

"...the results come out what happens is that the the test takers from the south do a lot better from the north so these..."

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