Jiang says Thy Neighbor's Wife sold millions, made Talese rich and famous, and also damaged his reputation because he violated the moral and social conventions expected of a public literary celebrity in late-1970s America.
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Jiang says he is leaving the school at the end of the week because he wants to focus on growing a global audience beyond the classroom.
Jiang says he does not want to spend the rest of his life as a YouTuber and instead wants to promote education reform globally, possibly by starting schools.
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"...millions of dollars. At the same time, it basically destroyed his career because in the late 70s when this book was published, he was..."
"mid 40s, he decides to do something that completely went against the convention, the rules, the morality of that time. He decided to write..."
"So, welcome to the final examination. Before I start, I want to thank the people. First of all, I'd like to thank Alan and..."
"The reason why I'm leaving the school is I feel that I have a global audience, and I want to grow this global audience..."
"The reason why is, the reason why is, and this is no offense to you, but I don't want to end up like as..."
"...going to do is that he's going to risk his entire career, he did, he did actually risk his entire career, and he's going..."
"...potential in J.D. Vance. And he supported J.D. Vance's venture capital career as well as his Senate race. And then he promoted J.D. Vance..."
"...davos is we want and trump's consistent message through his political career is he wants to re -industrialize the united states he wants to..."
"...gone and become a professor. Right. There are lots of these career paths open to me because I had a Yale education. But I..."
"...he's still on daily wire have you compared yourself or your careers to him and what lessons can we learn because his reputation is..."
"...for you in march how could we learn from jordan peterson's career"
"...that I didn't really do in the early stages of my career was think about a student's wellbeing, his psychological profile, how he is..."
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