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7 timestamped hits 4 source readings 4 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-05-19, day precision Aliases: cults

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Cult

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "The best startups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of occult. The biggest difference is that occults tend to be fanatically wrong about..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "The best startups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of occult. The biggest difference is that occults tend to be fanatically wrong about..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Holy Empire of AI (2026-05-19, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The Holy Empire of AI; When War Becomes a Script and Fame Becomes a Trap; China Without The Good Monorail.

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Key Notes

Quoted source read in lecture on 2026-05-19 from Thiel's startup writing.

evidence

The second Thiel excerpt treats elite startups as entities that may look like cults or mafias because they are fanatically right about something outsiders have missed.

Classroom answer in the 2025-06-05 lecture.

definition

Jiang answers that nationalism is close to religion, while a cult is smaller, more limited, and requires rituals.

Statement made in this 2026-01-16 interview.

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Jiang says like what's really interesting is that china is the most atheist country in the world it's more most materialistic but like you look at any chinese...

Timestamped Evidence

The Holy Empire of AI

2026-05-19, day precision · Game Theory #26: The Holy Empire of AI

Transcript

"The best startups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of occult. The biggest difference is that occults tend to be fanatically wrong about..."

China Without The Good Monorail

2026-01-16, day precision · The Derp With Kurp | 23 | @predictivehistory - The Multiverse of Madness

Transcript

"...you look at any chinese organization it's set up as a cult so that's not like as it's like with this cult and like..."

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