--- title: "Topic: Conquest" description: "Generated static Jiang Lens topic dossier for Conquest." topic_slug: "conquest" generated: "true" --- # Topic: Conquest Generated static topic dossier for agents. Use this topic page as a routing and synthesis surface, not as primary evidence for Jiang-spoken claims. Final answers should cite the source reading, transcript segment, source ref, and video timestamp linked below. Human topic page: [/topics/conquest/](https://jianglens.com/topics/conquest/) Text mirror: [/topics/conquest.txt](https://jianglens.com/topics/conquest.txt) Markdown mirror: [/topics/conquest.md](https://jianglens.com/topics/conquest.md) Citation rule: do not cite this .txt/.md mirror in final answers. Do not cite the topic page as primary evidence for what Jiang said. Cite human-readable source readings for generated summaries and lens context; cite transcript and video timestamp links below for Jiang-spoken quotations. Aliases: `conquests` ## What This Topic Covers This generated topic groups Jiang Lens evidence about **Conquest** across transcript matches, source readings, semantic tags, and source refs. Current focus: Jiang's genetic definition: conquest kills or displaces people so their genes do not survive into the present. Most connected source readings: **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game**; **Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith**; **Rome Built an Empire by Turning Wounds Into Weapons**. Nearby topic cluster: Mercenaries, Borderlands, QIN, Macedon, Religious Authority. ## Extracted Topic Notes - Jiang's genetic definition: conquest kills or displaces people so their genes do not survive into the present. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-rat-zudjhrm@transcript:v1#seg-0014`; `video:predictive-history-rat-zudjhrm@transcript:v1#seg-0016` - model: Borderland tribes gain their path to conquest because imperial factions invite them in as mercenaries, giving them wealth, technology, weapons, and political access. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0028`, `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0029`, `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0030` - diagnosis: Jiang says Frank portrays Moses, David, Solomon, and prior religious pillars as slaves who could not see or conquer the true structure of the world. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki@transcript:v1#seg-0043`, `video:predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki@transcript:v1#seg-0044` - diagnosis: Conquest lets winners impose history and identity because the defeated are no longer allowed to speak or think for themselves. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu@transcript:v1#seg-0104` - diagnosis: The steppe mythology replaces mother-goddess harmony with a sky-god religion of conquest, exploitation, killing, and stealing. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0023` - evidence: Horse archers are presented as the ultimate weapon for most of human history and a central reason steppe peoples repeatedly conquered empires. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0055`, `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0056` - diagnosis: Jiang presents the steppes as the most innovative, open, aggressive, and courageous zone, which is why steppe peoples were repeatedly among history’s greatest conquerors. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0058` - other: The next lecture will move from agricultural civilization to steppe peoples, since many major conquerors came from the steppes. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w@transcript:v1#seg-0060` - model: The early British Isles are presented as a recurring destruction-and-replacement sequence, from agricultural religious builders through Yamnaya, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk@transcript:v1#seg-0005`, `video:predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk@transcript:v1#seg-0008` ## Quoted Transcript Hits 1. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [30:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1843s) | Transcript: [seg-0028](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0028) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0028` Quote: "Now we understand why ultimately the Borderlands, the tribes in the Borderlands, are able to conquer the Empire, or the equilibrium, okay? Does that..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json) Related lens: [The Borderland Engine](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-borderland-engine/) 2. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [32:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1940s) | Transcript: [seg-0029](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0029) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0029` Quote: "So they'll trade with you, but they'll also steal from you, and they'll also come and fight for you, okay? What's important is that..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json) Related lens: [The Borderland Engine](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-borderland-engine/) 3. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [33:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1996s) | Transcript: [seg-0030](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0030) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0030` Quote: "Same thing happened with the Macedonians, right? The Macedonians came in and helped one city -state, then they conquered one city -state and moved..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json) Related lens: [The Borderland Engine](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-borderland-engine/) 4. **Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith** / Secret History #26: Faith of Evil -- 2025-12-11, day precision Timestamp: [37:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULUM_eB8KI&t=2239s) | Transcript: [seg-0043](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/transcript/#seg-0043) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki@transcript:v1#seg-0043` Quote: "Keep on reading, Alan. That place to where I go all have knocked so that the door be opened to them. The patriarchs, the..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.json) 5. **Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith** / Secret History #26: Faith of Evil -- 2025-12-11, day precision Timestamp: [37:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULUM_eB8KI&t=2269s) | Transcript: [seg-0044](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/transcript/#seg-0044) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki@transcript:v1#seg-0044` Quote: "Yeah, so he's saying the Jewish religion, you worship Moses and David and Solomon, but you know what? At the same time, they were..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.json) 6. **Rome Built an Empire by Turning Wounds Into Weapons** / Secret History #21: Roman Anti-Civilization -- 2025-11-25, day precision Timestamp: [1:22:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-gXVzwbFMU&t=4927s) | Transcript: [seg-0104](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/transcript/#seg-0104) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu@transcript:v1#seg-0104` Quote: "The wife won't thank you. The wife won't hate you. But, do you care? You don't care. Okay? The winners write the history. Do..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu.json) 7. **The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History** / Secret History #14: Legacy of the Steppes -- 2025-10-31, day precision Timestamp: [26:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpTI2gFYWrU&t=1565s) | Transcript: [seg-0023](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/#seg-0023) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0023` Quote: "And that's why they're such good fighters. Okay? All right? So these three things are major innovations. But now that you have these innovations,..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json) 8. **The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History** / Secret History #14: Legacy of the Steppes -- 2025-10-31, day precision Timestamp: [53:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpTI2gFYWrU&t=3192s) | Transcript: [seg-0055](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/#seg-0055) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0055` Quote: "Okay? The institution of the moribund, the warrior brotherhood of young men bound by oath to one another and to their ancestors during a..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json) 9. **The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History** / Secret History #14: Legacy of the Steppes -- 2025-10-31, day precision Timestamp: [54:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpTI2gFYWrU&t=3248s) | Transcript: [seg-0056](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/#seg-0056) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0056` Quote: "You could not defend against a horse archer. They were fast, they were strong, and these were the best warriors in the world. So..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json) 10. **The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History** / Secret History #14: Legacy of the Steppes -- 2025-10-31, day precision Timestamp: [56:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpTI2gFYWrU&t=3373s) | Transcript: [seg-0058](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/#seg-0058) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0058` Quote: "Then you have the Turks emerge. This is the Mongol Empire. And as you can see, they conquer basically most of the world. And..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json) 11. **The Mandate of Heaven Is Written Propaganda** / Secret History #13: Mandate of Heaven -- 2025-10-29, day precision Timestamp: [57:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJF8oD_5c_w&t=3427s) | Transcript: [seg-0060](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/transcript/#seg-0060) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w@transcript:v1#seg-0060` Quote: "sense and next class what we're going to do is we will talk about the steps people okay the people in the steps this..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w.json) 12. **The Island That Had To Innovate** / Civilization #50: Rule, Britannia! -- 2025-05-08, day precision Timestamp: [5:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laGSxfvlOfk&t=315s) | Transcript: [seg-0005](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/transcript/#seg-0005) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk@transcript:v1#seg-0005` Quote: "But they will also go to Australia and New Zealand. So even though the Dutch were the first to discover and settle Australia and..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk.json) ## Source Readings - [The Weakest Player Wins the World Game](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/) (claims) -- 2026-01-20, day precision Source: [Game Theory #5: The World Game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's World Game lecture: empires do not usually come from the obvious rich center. - [Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/) (claims) -- 2025-12-11, day precision Source: [Secret History #26: Faith of Evil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULUM_eB8KI) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-kulum-eb8ki.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on Jewish history, Sabbatai Zevi, and Jacob Frank: Jerusalem begins as an imperial hinge, exile becomes a crisis of faith, and Frankism turns sin, story, money, secrecy, and... - [Rome Built an Empire by Turning Wounds Into Weapons](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/) (claims) -- 2025-11-25, day precision Source: [Secret History #21: Roman Anti-Civilization](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-gXVzwbFMU) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-y-gxvzwbfmu.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret... - [The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/) (claims) -- 2025-10-31, day precision Source: [Secret History #14: Legacy of the Steppes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpTI2gFYWrU) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on why the so-called barbarians repeatedly defeat civilization: empires turn innovation into bureaucracy, while the steppe turns geography, animals, inheritance, oath, myth, and violence into mobile social power. - [The Mandate of Heaven Is Written Propaganda](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/) (claims) -- 2025-10-29, day precision Source: [Secret History #13: Mandate of Heaven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJF8oD_5c_w) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-fjf8od-5c-w.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's lecture on civilization as temple economy, writing as hierarchy machine, Enuma Elish as sky-god propaganda, Gilgamesh as bureaucratic literature, and grain as the crop kings prefer because free pastoralists... - [The Island That Had To Innovate](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/) (claims) -- 2025-05-08, day precision Source: [Civilization #50: Rule, Britannia!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laGSxfvlOfk) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lagsxfvlofk.json) Summary: Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change. - [Kill The God, Take The Empire](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa/) (claims) -- 2025-04-08, day precision Source: [Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DnfGcvZrfA) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dnfgcvzrfa.json) Summary: Disease, steel, horses, and divide-and-conquer matter. - [The World Shatterer](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/) (claims) -- 2025-03-18, day precision Source: [Civilization #39: Genghis Khan, World Shatterer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQzAPnjYkM) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mpqzapnjykm.json) Summary: Genghis Khan is not explained by saying the Mongols were uniquely evil. ## Related Topics - [Mercenaries](https://jianglens.com/topics/mercenaries/) - [Borderlands](https://jianglens.com/topics/borderlands/) - [QIN](https://jianglens.com/topics/qin/) - [Macedon](https://jianglens.com/topics/macedon/) - [Religious Authority](https://jianglens.com/topics/religious-authority/) - [Slavery](https://jianglens.com/topics/slavery/) - [History](https://jianglens.com/topics/history/) - [Soul](https://jianglens.com/topics/soul/) - [SKY GOD](https://jianglens.com/topics/sky-god/) - [Mother Goddess](https://jianglens.com/topics/mother-goddess/) - [Religion](https://jianglens.com/topics/religion/) - [Horse Archers](https://jianglens.com/topics/horse-archers/) ## Retrieval Notes This file is generated from Jiang Lens episode JSON, semantic tags, glossary terms, source refs, and transcript segment matches. It is not a manually authored canon page. For broader or missing-topic search, use the letter shards under /topics/index/ before falling back to the bulk transcript-search files.