--- title: "Topic: Creativity" description: "Generated static Jiang Lens topic dossier for Creativity." topic_slug: "creativity" generated: "true" --- # Topic: Creativity 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/creativity/](https://jianglens.com/topics/creativity/) Text mirror: [/topics/creativity.txt](https://jianglens.com/topics/creativity.txt) Markdown mirror: [/topics/creativity.md](https://jianglens.com/topics/creativity.md) Citation rule: do not cite this .txt/.md mirror in final answers. Do not cite the topic page as primary evidence for what Jiang said.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: `creativities` ## What This Topic Covers This generated topic groups Jiang Lens evidence about **Creativity** across transcript matches, source readings, semantic tags, and source refs. Current focus: Humans solve the cosmic problem because embodiment gives them free will, pain, death, sin, risk, creativity, redemption, and self-forgiveness. Most connected source readings: **Hell Is the Imagination Turned Against Itself**; **The Poem That Makes a Robot**; **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game**. Nearby topic cluster: Free Will, SIN, Redemption, Apollo, Bacchus. ## Extracted Topic Notes - model: Humans solve the cosmic problem because embodiment gives them free will, pain, death, sin, risk, creativity, redemption, and self-forgiveness. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme@transcript:v1#seg-0002` - model: Greek creativity has an Apollonian rational mode and a Bacchic emotional mode, but Jiang says Virgil treats the Bacchic aspect as the worst emotion because it leads into madness. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8@transcript:v1#seg-0016` - diagnosis: Warring-states periods are the height of creativity because open competition forces innovation; Jiang names Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, and Greek classical culture as examples. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0019`, `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0020`, `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0021` - evidence: In the World Game, the team with everything initially wins, but the team with nothing often becomes most creative because scarcity forces energy, openness, cohesion, and resourcefulness. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0033`, `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0034` - model: Resources are not necessary for success because poor players can cheat, steal, beg, trade, work for free, and become creative under pressure. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0049`, `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0051` - evidence: Jiang says his own parenting in China emphasizes freedom, communication, family democracy, and stories rather than scheduled achievement activities, and that this makes his family socially abnormal in that environment. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-mx93u4kza28@transcript:v1#seg-0022`, `video:predictive-history-mx93u4kza28@transcript:v1#seg-0023`, `video:predictive-history-mx93u4kza28@transcript:v1#seg-0024` - model: Jiang says societies rise and fall so creativity can exist, comparing social death to parents dying so children can become independent. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg@transcript:v1#seg-0099`, `video:predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg@transcript:v1#seg-0100` - model: He argues that destruction, war, and death should not be treated only as negative but as part of human experience that requires response and can lead to new creative civilizations. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg@transcript:v1#seg-0099`, `video:predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg@transcript:v1#seg-0100` ## Quoted Transcript Hits 1. **Hell Is the Imagination Turned Against Itself** / Great Books #10: Dante's Hierarchy of Hell -- 2026-04-29, day precision Timestamp: [1:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpdMYa2bME&t=78s) | Transcript: [seg-0002](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/transcript/#seg-0002) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme@transcript:v1#seg-0002` Quote: "the universe cannot expand it cannot renew itself we cannot rejuvenate so to solve this problem what god does is create us okay humans..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme.json) Related lens: [Free Will As Cosmic Burden](https://jianglens.com/lens/free-will-as-cosmic-burden/) 2. **The Poem That Makes a Robot** / Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire -- 2026-03-25, day precision Timestamp: [12:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXTRlvFIRt8&t=764s) | Transcript: [seg-0016](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/transcript/#seg-0016) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8@transcript:v1#seg-0016` Quote: "...certain things to notice okay um bacchus is the god of creativity of um god of creativity for the greeks so there's actually two..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8.json) 3. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [20:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1244s) | Transcript: [seg-0019](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0019) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0019` Quote: "...is that the warring states period is a time of maximum creativity for a civilization. Why? Because you see the idea of open, co..." 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: [Jiang Lens Atlas](https://jianglens.com/lens/#elite-overproduction-status-bottleneck-atlas) 4. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [21:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1308s) | Transcript: [seg-0020](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0020) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0020` Quote: "Why? Because you see the idea of open, co -ordinated, and open -minded civilization. Why? Because you see the idea of open, co -ordinated,..." 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) 5. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [22:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=1350s) | Transcript: [seg-0021](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0021) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0021` Quote: "innovations happen when it happened during the warring states period there's 100 years when we had kong's confucius monsa laozi it's basically everyone okay..." 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) 6. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [36:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=2182s) | Transcript: [seg-0033](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0033) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0033` Quote: "the end of the day, you look at who are the wealthiest countries in the world, what happens is, well, the United States becomes..." 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/#borderland-engine-poverty-not-magic); [Jiang Lens Atlas](https://jianglens.com/lens/) 7. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [37:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=2238s) | Transcript: [seg-0034](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0034) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0034` Quote: "...has nothing, so they're forced to be creative. Poverty leads to creativity. Okay? Another thing in this is that if I were to surmise..." 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/#borderland-engine-poverty-not-magic); [Jiang Lens Atlas](https://jianglens.com/lens/) 8. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [48:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=2888s) | Transcript: [seg-0049](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0049) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0049` Quote: "I keep on telling you guys, you don't need resources. You can cheat. You can steal. You can beg. Alright? Okay? Does that make..." 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) 9. **The Weakest Player Wins the World Game** / Game Theory #5: The World Game -- 2026-01-20, day precision Timestamp: [48:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybufqRY77PQ&t=2898s) | Transcript: [seg-0051](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ybufqry77pq/transcript/#seg-0051) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-ybufqry77pq@transcript:v1#seg-0051` Quote: "Okay? Like, if you just go back to the World Game, whichever team starts off with the least resources are often the most creative..." 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) 10. **The Marshmallow Was Always A Trust Test** / Game Theory #3: Rich Dad, Poor Dad -- 2026-01-13, day precision Timestamp: [24:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX93U4KzA28&t=1483s) | Transcript: [seg-0022](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript/#seg-0022) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mx93u4kza28@transcript:v1#seg-0022` Quote: "Okay? Does it make sense, guys? Because if you do it another way, okay? If you choose to be a friend to your child...." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json) 11. **The Marshmallow Was Always A Trust Test** / Game Theory #3: Rich Dad, Poor Dad -- 2026-01-13, day precision Timestamp: [25:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX93U4KzA28&t=1550s) | Transcript: [seg-0023](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript/#seg-0023) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mx93u4kza28@transcript:v1#seg-0023` Quote: "Okay? We don't have our kids do lots of activities. We don't send our kids to math class. We don't send our kids to..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json) 12. **The Marshmallow Was Always A Trust Test** / Game Theory #3: Rich Dad, Poor Dad -- 2026-01-13, day precision Timestamp: [27:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX93U4KzA28&t=1620s) | Transcript: [seg-0024](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript/#seg-0024) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-mx93u4kza28@transcript:v1#seg-0024` Quote: "I've spent many decades researching the best education possible. And so that's why... That's why we raise our children in this way. And guess..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json) ## Source Readings - [Hell Is the Imagination Turned Against Itself](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/) (claims) -- 2026-04-29, day precision Source: [Great Books #10: Dante's Hierarchy of Hell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpdMYa2bME) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wgpdmya2bme.json) Summary: Dante's hell is not only a place of punishment. - [The Poem That Makes a Robot](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/) (claims) -- 2026-03-25, day precision Source: [Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXTRlvFIRt8) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-yxtrlvfirt8.json) Summary: Virgil does not simply answer Homer. - [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. - [The Marshmallow Was Always A Trust Test](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/) (claims) -- 2026-01-13, day precision Source: [Game Theory #3: Rich Dad, Poor Dad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX93U4KzA28) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-mx93u4kza28.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's lecture on success, class, parenting, schools, and revolution: self-control turns out to be trust, parenting turns out to be strategy, social mobility turns out to be governance, and revolution... - [The Apocalypse Needs A Headquarters](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/) (claims) -- 2025-12-18, day precision Source: [Secret History #END: Pax Judaica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWizN3QoPg) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.json) Summary: Truth is tested by narrative power. - [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... - [The Church Becomes the Empire Outside History](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0/) (claims) -- 2025-12-04, day precision Source: [Secret History #24: Empire of Church](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEdVhyE8pO0) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tedvhye8po0.json) Summary: Rome fails to build a bureaucracy, Byzantium survives behind walls, and Western Europe is ruled by a stranger empire: a church that claims the sky, the soul, and the right to make impossible doctrine... - [Jesus Is the Spark Rome Had to Kill](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/) (claims) -- 2025-11-27, day precision Source: [Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0E1gb80WQ) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Jesus lecture: Christianity begins as a pile of impossible doctrines, the historical Jesus is thinner and stranger, the Gospel of Thomas makes him a poet-prophet of the divine spark,... ## Related Topics - [Free Will](https://jianglens.com/topics/free-will/) - [SIN](https://jianglens.com/topics/sin/) - [Redemption](https://jianglens.com/topics/redemption/) - [Apollo](https://jianglens.com/topics/apollo/) - [Bacchus](https://jianglens.com/topics/bacchus/) - [Emotion](https://jianglens.com/topics/emotion/) - [Warring States](https://jianglens.com/topics/warring-states/) - [Confucius](https://jianglens.com/topics/confucius/) - [Greece](https://jianglens.com/topics/greece/) - [World Game](https://jianglens.com/topics/world-game/) - [Poverty](https://jianglens.com/topics/poverty/) - [Resources](https://jianglens.com/topics/resources/) ## 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.