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Jiang's model that societies rise, stagnate, fall, and generate new creative societies.
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Jiang's model that societies rise, stagnate, fall, and generate new creative societies.
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Jiang says societies rise and fall so creativity can exist, comparing social death to parents dying so children can become independent.
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"Okay, I'll answer the last question first. I was an English major at Yale, okay? So I know a lot about English poetry. Milton..."
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"...it seems as though we've come to the end of a cycle, okay? So even though there's destruction, destruction will mean rebirth. Even though..."
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