---
title: "Topic: Cooperation"
description: "Generated static Jiang Lens topic dossier for Cooperation."
topic_slug: "cooperation"
generated: "true"
---

# Topic: Cooperation

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/cooperation/](https://jianglens.com/topics/cooperation/)
Text mirror: [/topics/cooperation.txt](https://jianglens.com/topics/cooperation.txt)
Markdown mirror: [/topics/cooperation.md](https://jianglens.com/topics/cooperation.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Citation rule: do not cite this .txt/.md mirror in final answers. Do not cite the topic page as primary evidence for what Jiang said.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: `cooperations`

## What This Topic Covers

This generated topic groups Jiang Lens evidence about **Cooperation** across transcript matches, source readings, semantic tags, and source refs.

Current focus: A cooperative replacement system among states is unsustainable because participants must negotiate who benefits, while empire can impose the answer by power.

Most connected source readings: **History As River, Prophecy As Plan**; **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game**; **School Sucks Because It Is a Game**.

Nearby topic cluster: Empire, Benefits, Religion, Poets, Priests.

## Extracted Topic Notes

- model: A cooperative replacement system among states is unsustainable because participants must negotiate who benefits, while empire can impose the answer by power. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe@transcript:v1#seg-0071`, `video:predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe@transcript:v1#seg-0072`
- model: In the first civilizational game, cooperation creates a dynamic religion that motivates energy, work, shared prosperity, and gives poets and priests elite status. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0017`
- model: He says social players fear ostracism or exile from the group, so they try to beat others while also avoiding behavior that gets them thrown out of the game. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ks-muauq62e@transcript:v1#seg-0044`, `video:predictive-history-ks-muauq62e@transcript:v1#seg-0045`
- model: If each player individually tries to maximize the dating game, the top male and later imitators can end up worse off; cooperation is the route to stable pairings. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u@transcript:v1#seg-0012`, `video:predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u@transcript:v1#seg-0013`, `video:predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u@transcript:v1#seg-0014`
- diagnosis: Women are described as better politicians because Jiang says they cooperate more, have more emotional intelligence, and use sex and gossip as control mechanisms. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0043`
- model: Jiang says Ice Age humans survived not because someone planned every task but because they intuitively knew how to cooperate around food, housing, clothing, and shelter. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0009`, `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0010`, `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0011`
- model: Creativity is released through cooperation, empathy, and wanting not to let others down, rather than through isolated ambition. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0039`, `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0040`
- definition: Jiang defines evolution for the class as open, cooperative competition: no central authority or hegemon, many groups competing to survive, but still communicating, trading, and maintaining friendly relations. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8@transcript:v1#seg-0006`

## Quoted Transcript Hits

1. **History As River, Prophecy As Plan** / Game Theory #20:  Mid-Term Examination -- 2026-04-09, day precision
   Timestamp: [1:17:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8y5e3HnHE&t=4634s) | Transcript: [seg-0071](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/transcript/#seg-0071)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe@transcript:v1#seg-0071`
   Quote: "So you're talking about a country like Japan and Germany as you mentioned before, or America, like they fall into a group that, well,..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.json)

2. **History As River, Prophecy As Plan** / Game Theory #20:  Mid-Term Examination -- 2026-04-09, day precision
   Timestamp: [1:17:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8y5e3HnHE&t=4647s) | Transcript: [seg-0072](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/transcript/#seg-0072)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe@transcript:v1#seg-0072`
   Quote: "Because ultimately you have to resolve the issue of benefit. Okay. Okay. Like we have to negotiate who benefits. Okay. It doesn't make sense...."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.json)

3. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5:  The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision
   Timestamp: [17:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1077s) | Transcript: [seg-0017](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0017)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0017`
   Quote: "...at least have food to eat okay therefore the game is cooperation and the mechanism cooperation actually will allow you to create a dynamic..."
   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)

4. **School Sucks Because It Is a Game** / Game Theory #2:  Why Schools Suck -- 2026-01-08, day precision
   Timestamp: [42:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-muAuq62E&t=2571s) | Transcript: [seg-0044](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/transcript/#seg-0044)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ks-muauq62e@transcript:v1#seg-0044`
   Quote: "That's a game they're playing. All right? But they have colleagues. You have colleagues. And the game you're trying to play there is to..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.json)

5. **School Sucks Because It Is a Game** / Game Theory #2:  Why Schools Suck -- 2026-01-08, day precision
   Timestamp: [43:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-muAuq62E&t=2636s) | Transcript: [seg-0045](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/transcript/#seg-0045)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ks-muauq62e@transcript:v1#seg-0045`
   Quote: "Australization. Okay? Or basically just exile. Where you are no longer part of the group. They kick you out as a player. Okay? That's..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.json)

6. **The Dating Game That Eats Civilization** / Game Theory #1:  The Dating Game -- 2026-01-06, day precision
   Timestamp: [13:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4l9WyLF3U&t=832s) | Transcript: [seg-0012](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript/#seg-0012)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u@transcript:v1#seg-0012`
   Quote: "And according to evolutionary psychology, all five of these females should try to procreate with number five, okay? But we know you can't do..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json)

7. **The Dating Game That Eats Civilization** / Game Theory #1:  The Dating Game -- 2026-01-06, day precision
   Timestamp: [15:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4l9WyLF3U&t=916s) | Transcript: [seg-0013](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript/#seg-0013)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u@transcript:v1#seg-0013`
   Quote: "There's not much difference between four and five. So I'll just go. I'll marry this guy, right? So number four is gone. And number..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json)

8. **The Dating Game That Eats Civilization** / Game Theory #1:  The Dating Game -- 2026-01-06, day precision
   Timestamp: [16:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4l9WyLF3U&t=976s) | Transcript: [seg-0014](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript/#seg-0014)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u@transcript:v1#seg-0014`
   Quote: "So the only way out of this is if they cooperate, okay? And the best way to cooperate is basically five is like, you..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json)

9. **The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History** / Secret History #14:  Legacy of the Steppes -- 2025-10-31, day precision
   Timestamp: [41:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpTI2gFYWrU&t=2506s) | Transcript: [seg-0043](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jpti2gfywru/transcript/#seg-0043)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-jpti2gfywru@transcript:v1#seg-0043`
   Quote: "Again, women are just better politicians than men because women are more willing to cooperate. Women have more emotional intelligence. And women can use..."
   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. **Imagination Came Before Civilization** / Secret History #11:  Dawn of the Human Imagination -- 2025-10-21, day precision
   Timestamp: [9:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHsg5qtDs8&t=548s) | Transcript: [seg-0009](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript/#seg-0009)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0009`
   Quote: "very creative we were very we resourceful all right so we know a lot about the ice age because as you can imagine during..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json)

11. **Imagination Came Before Civilization** / Secret History #11:  Dawn of the Human Imagination -- 2025-10-21, day precision
   Timestamp: [10:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHsg5qtDs8&t=604s) | Transcript: [seg-0010](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript/#seg-0010)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0010`
   Quote: "will uh keep on emphasizing for the rest of for the rest of semester is they just knew it okay so let's do a..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json)

12. **Imagination Came Before Civilization** / Secret History #11:  Dawn of the Human Imagination -- 2025-10-21, day precision
   Timestamp: [10:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHsg5qtDs8&t=657s) | Transcript: [seg-0011](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript/#seg-0011)
   Source ref: `video:predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8@transcript:v1#seg-0011`
   Quote: "like telepathy and that's how we are if you put humans in a group they would know instantly how to work together and they..."
   Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json)

## Source Readings

- [History As River, Prophecy As Plan](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/) (claims) -- 2026-04-09, day precision
  Source: [Game Theory #20:  Mid-Term Examination](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8y5e3HnHE)
  Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ue8y5e3hnhe.json)
  Summary: The midterm turns a ceasefire into a world model: history moves like a river, eschatology makes prophecy into a plan, and the people who survive collapse are not the ones with the best machines...
- [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.
- [School Sucks Because It Is a Game](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/) (claims) -- 2026-01-08, day precision
  Source: [Game Theory #2:  Why Schools Suck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-muAuq62E)
  Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ks-muauq62e.json)
  Summary: School says it teaches literacy, competence, creativity, and lifelong learning.
- [The Dating Game That Eats Civilization](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/) (claims) -- 2026-01-06, day precision
  Source: [Game Theory #1:  The Dating Game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE4l9WyLF3U)
  Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-he4l9wylf3u.json)
  Summary: Game theory begins with a small dating game and ends with a civilizational forecast: when status becomes the prize, love, fertility, policy, and geopolitics all bend around the same zero-sum structure.
- [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.
- [Imagination Came Before Civilization](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/) (claims) -- 2025-10-21, day precision
  Source: [Secret History #11:  Dawn of the Human Imagination](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHsg5qtDs8)
  Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-lvhsg5qtds8.json)
  Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's dawn-of-humanity lecture: Darwinism becomes a rival theology, cave art becomes a portal, speech begins as song, and modern society is accused of socializing people out of empathy.
- [How the Yamnaya Made War, Money, and the West](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8/) (claims) -- 2024-09-12, day precision
  Source: [Civilization #5:  The Yamnaya Conquest of Europe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4HTFJWl5D8)
  Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-j4htfjwl5d8.json)
  Summary: Old Europe begins as a Mother Goddess world of agriculture, unity, women, peace, and art.
- [Farming Won Because It Carried Religion](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0/) (claims) -- 2024-08-29, day precision
  Source: [Civilization #1:  Explaining Humanity's Transition to Agriculture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjqf9T59uY0)
  Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-jjqf9t59uy0.json)
  Summary: A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central reversal: agriculture was not an obvious leap into progress.

## Related Topics

- [Empire](https://jianglens.com/topics/empire/)
- [Benefits](https://jianglens.com/topics/benefits/)
- [Religion](https://jianglens.com/topics/religion/)
- [Poets](https://jianglens.com/topics/poets/)
- [Priests](https://jianglens.com/topics/priests/)
- [Ostracism](https://jianglens.com/topics/ostracism/)
- [Exile](https://jianglens.com/topics/exile/)
- [Competition](https://jianglens.com/topics/competition/)
- [Incentives](https://jianglens.com/topics/incentives/)
- [Nash Equilibrium](https://jianglens.com/topics/nash-equilibrium/)
- [Women](https://jianglens.com/topics/women/)
- [Politics](https://jianglens.com/topics/politics/)

## 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.