Glossary
The persistent subconscious structure that Jiang says shapes identity, worldview, mythology, literature, and language.
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Cultural values
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...not really mattered in geopolitics, and that's to do with their cultural values and norms. Okay? Does that make sense? All right. So there..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...not really mattered in geopolitics, and that's to do with their cultural values and norms. Okay? Does that make sense? All right. So there..."
Key Notes
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Cultural values are the most persistent part of the self because they live in the subconscious; ultimately, Jiang says, you are your subconscious.
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"...violence. So, why is that the case? And it's about culture, cultural values. So, as I discussed in this class, cultural values are the..."
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"...and they looked physically different, culturally, subconsciously, they shared a similar value system. And this value system will then go on to inform the..."
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"...not really mattered in geopolitics, and that's to do with their cultural values and norms. Okay? Does that make sense? All right. So there..."
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"...uh plato homer shakespeare in china because chinese recognize the tremendous cultural value and immense eternal truths embedded in these classics so so we're..."
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"...a long long time but they can't do it because of cultural values and the political system okay um the third thing I will..."
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"...world, which is a Christian worldview, Orthodox Christianity, these sorts of values. You talked about how Orthodox Christianity and Shia Iran have a lot..."
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"...immigrants who did not speak English who did not share European cultural values and who didn't have much education This would happen Okay? Europeans..."
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"...um AI would would involve just a tremendous overhaul of Chinese cultural values and assumptions that I don't believe is possible that's the first..."
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"...similar to the Chinese, okay? In this class, we focus on cultural values rather than genetic affinity. Okay. So over time, what will happen..."
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"...Mongols are great warriors, like all steppe people, because of their cultural values. This is a culture that emphasizes three things. First is freedom...."
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"...is different. But they share the same cultural orientation, the same cultural values. All right? Someone who lives in the Middle East. Okay? Well,..."
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"...these two civilizations and other civilizations, um, it reinforces the deep cultural values of the IVC people and it, and it basically compels them..."
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Jiang opens by saying the American empire is no longer even pretending to run a liberal order.
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The interview starts in Venezuela and ends in Chinese classrooms, but Jiang treats the whole route as one argument about empire under strain: Washington uses frontier pressure to force China into carrying the American...
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Jiang defines Predictive History as a falsifiable method, then uses it to argue that Soleimani's killing made a U.S.-Iran war structurally inevitable, that eschatology is not prophecy but a strategic plan, that Odessa is...
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Genghis Khan is not explained by saying the Mongols were uniquely evil.
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History is not a cycle, and it is not a line moving politely toward truth.
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