--- title: "Topic: death" description: "Generated static Jiang Lens topic dossier for death." topic_slug: "death" generated: "true" --- # Topic: death 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/death/](https://jianglens.com/topics/death/) Text mirror: [/topics/death.txt](https://jianglens.com/topics/death.txt) Markdown mirror: [/topics/death.md](https://jianglens.com/topics/death.md) Citation rule: do not cite this .txt/.md mirror in final answers. Do not cite the topic page as primary evidence for what Jiang said.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: `deaths` ## What This Topic Covers This generated topic groups Jiang Lens evidence about **death** across transcript matches, source readings, semantic tags, and source refs. Current focus: In this lecture, the imperial capacity to absorb losses and return with more soldiers and weapons. Most connected source readings: **The Empire Loses By Winning**; **The Poem That Gives Birth To Civilization**; **The Great Books and the Escape From the Dead Zombie World**. Nearby topic cluster: Empire Model, Mass, Organization, Consciousness, Universe. ## Extracted Topic Notes - In this lecture, the imperial capacity to absorb losses and return with more soldiers and weapons. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu@transcript:v1#seg-0004` - definition: An empire has three apparent advantages: mass, organization, and death, where death means enough resources and people to absorb repeated military losses. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu@transcript:v1#seg-0003`, `video:predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu@transcript:v1#seg-0004` - model: Jiang claims consciousness remains alive in the universe after death, making it possible through intense meditation to connect with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, or other dead figures. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w@transcript:v1#seg-0017` - definition: Death is not the end but a release because the body and this world are a prison. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0025` - model: Death does not really mean anything in the real world; it is release, while slavery is the worst thing that can happen and living in slavery is living death. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0044` - 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` - interpretation: Jiang reads Thomas as teaching that death loses power once a person recognizes the divine spark. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0034`, `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0035` - model: Death is described as a game reset in which the soul reflects, returns, and keeps learning across potentially infinite lives. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0067`, `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0068` - model: God creates perfect laws rather than static immortal bodies; created life inside the game needs cycles of corruption and death. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0126`, `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0127`, `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0128` ## Quoted Transcript Hits 1. **The Empire Loses By Winning** / Game Theory #10: The Law of Asymmetry -- 2026-03-05, day precision Timestamp: [3:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5oisJiorsU&t=221s) | Transcript: [seg-0004](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/transcript/#seg-0004) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu@transcript:v1#seg-0004` Quote: "...the last great strength of the empire is the idea of death. Death is the idea that because your people are infinite, because your..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.json) 2. **The Empire Loses By Winning** / Game Theory #10: The Law of Asymmetry -- 2026-03-05, day precision Timestamp: [2:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5oisJiorsU&t=159s) | Transcript: [seg-0003](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/transcript/#seg-0003) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu@transcript:v1#seg-0003` Quote: "Okay? So I'm going to go over very slowly in detail how this law of asymmetry works. All right. So let's look at an..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.json) 3. **The Poem That Gives Birth To Civilization** / Great Books #3: Poets and Prophets -- 2026-01-21, day precision Timestamp: [20:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRP407WsA0w&t=1209s) | Transcript: [seg-0017](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/transcript/#seg-0017) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w@transcript:v1#seg-0017` Quote: "do and when they do that they create epics of poetry okay all right the Iliad now as I keep on discussing when we..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w.json) Related lens: [How Fictional Heroes Become Part Of The Self](https://jianglens.com/lens/how-fictional-heroes-become-part-of-the-self/); [How Poetry Creates Civilization](https://jianglens.com/lens/how-poetry-creates-civilization/) 4. **The Great Books and the Escape From the Dead Zombie World** / Great Books #1: Secrets of the Universe -- 2026-01-07, day precision Timestamp: [20:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsD-8FGA84A&t=1248s) | Transcript: [seg-0025](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript/#seg-0025) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0025` Quote: "...cold. Okay? But when you collapse your body and you're approaching death, your consciousness shifts into the spiritual. Okay? So what's important to understand..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.json) Related lens: [The Dead World And The Cave](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-dead-world-and-the-cave/) 5. **The Great Books and the Escape From the Dead Zombie World** / Great Books #1: Secrets of the Universe -- 2026-01-07, day precision Timestamp: [40:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsD-8FGA84A&t=2443s) | Transcript: [seg-0044](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript/#seg-0044) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0044` Quote: "And remember, in the real world, death doesn't really mean anything. Okay? Death just means a release. It's you tricked yourself into thinking that..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.json) Related lens: [Eschatology As Script](https://jianglens.com/lens/eschatology/); [The Dead World And The Cave](https://jianglens.com/lens/the-dead-world-and-the-cave/) 6. **The Apocalypse Needs A Headquarters** / Secret History #END: Pax Judaica -- 2025-12-18, day precision Timestamp: [1:26:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWizN3QoPg&t=5217s) | Transcript: [seg-0099](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/transcript/#seg-0099) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg@transcript:v1#seg-0099` Quote: "...die so that children can be independent, okay? So I understand death, destruction, war. These are terrible concepts, but they're all part and parcel..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.json) 7. **The Apocalypse Needs A Headquarters** / Secret History #END: Pax Judaica -- 2025-12-18, day precision Timestamp: [1:27:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWizN3QoPg&t=5278s) | Transcript: [seg-0100](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/transcript/#seg-0100) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg@transcript:v1#seg-0100` Quote: "...one that is extremely dynamic, extremely resilient. So even though there's death, death always leads to life." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-wfwizn3qopg.json) 8. **Jesus Is the Spark Rome Had to Kill** / Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus -- 2025-11-27, day precision Timestamp: [34:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0E1gb80WQ&t=2054s) | Transcript: [seg-0034](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/#seg-0034) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0034` Quote: "whoever finds an interpretation of these saying will not experience death okay all right so" Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json) 9. **Jesus Is the Spark Rome Had to Kill** / Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus -- 2025-11-27, day precision Timestamp: [34:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0E1gb80WQ&t=2060s) | Transcript: [seg-0035](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/#seg-0035) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0035` Quote: "...okay listen this already makes sense right because in the universe death doesn't exist because after you die your soul goes up to the..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json) 10. **Jesus Is the Spark Rome Had to Kill** / Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus -- 2025-11-27, day precision Timestamp: [53:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0E1gb80WQ&t=3229s) | Transcript: [seg-0067](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/#seg-0067) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0067` Quote: "important idea is that our lives are infinite okay so we will die and die is a game reset okay it's just like you..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json) 11. **Jesus Is the Spark Rome Had to Kill** / Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus -- 2025-11-27, day precision Timestamp: [54:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0E1gb80WQ&t=3279s) | Transcript: [seg-0068](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/#seg-0068) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0068` Quote: "the idea jesus can tell you what he thinks but you have to figure it by yourself okay and that's why this is so..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json) 12. **Jesus Is the Spark Rome Had to Kill** / Secret History #22: The Divine Spark of Jesus -- 2025-11-27, day precision Timestamp: [1:23:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0E1gb80WQ&t=5002s) | Transcript: [seg-0126](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/transcript/#seg-0126) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq@transcript:v1#seg-0126` Quote: "What's the purpose of the universe? Okay, can you read, Alan?" Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-pp0e1gb80wq.json) ## Source Readings - [The Empire Loses By Winning](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/) (glossary, claims) -- 2026-03-05, day precision Source: [Game Theory #10: The Law of Asymmetry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5oisJiorsU) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-t5oisjiorsu.json) Summary: The law of asymmetry says the obvious winner may be the side structurally set up to lose. - [The Poem That Gives Birth To Civilization](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/) (claims) -- 2026-01-21, day precision Source: [Great Books #3: Poets and Prophets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRP407WsA0w) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Homer as civilizational engine: the Iliad trains Greeks to fight with speeches, poetry projects movies onto the world, language controls time and space, and the poet becomes the flame through... - [The Great Books and the Escape From the Dead Zombie World](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/) (claims) -- 2026-01-07, day precision Source: [Great Books #1: Secrets of the Universe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsD-8FGA84A) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of the Great Books as initiation: school materialism is named as the great lie, consciousness becomes the real substance of the universe, attention is true wealth, and reading becomes a way... - [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. - [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,... - [Asha Is the Truth You Must Become](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg/) (claims) -- 2025-11-14, day precision Source: [Secret History #18: Thus Spoke Zarathustra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dELEdxh0ceg) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-deledxh0ceg.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Zarathustra as the prophet who turns truth into a life-practice: the universe is conscious, evil is the field where virtue becomes real, organized religion is the priestly capture of fire,... - [The Bible Turns Mistakes Into Imagination](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0/) (claims) -- 2025-11-12, day precision Source: [Secret History #17: Literary Genesis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlMNq44tBG0) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-plmnq44tbg0.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Literary Genesis: Israel begins as a political coalition, David needs legitimacy, and the Bible becomes the technology that turns propaganda into living memory. - [The Theory of Everything Is a War of Perception](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa/) (claims) -- 2025-10-15, day precision Source: [Secret History #9: The Theory of Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MURGjjG4aA) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-9murgjjg4aa.json) Summary: A source-grounded reading of Jiang's attack on the scientific worldview: Big Bang, evolution, neuroscience, school, and transhumanism become parts of one material story that forgets divinity, fears death, and lets power reinvent reality. ## Related Topics - [Empire Model](https://jianglens.com/topics/empire-model/) - [Mass](https://jianglens.com/topics/mass/) - [Organization](https://jianglens.com/topics/organization/) - [Consciousness](https://jianglens.com/topics/consciousness/) - [Universe](https://jianglens.com/topics/universe/) - [Meditation](https://jianglens.com/topics/meditation/) - [Poets](https://jianglens.com/topics/poets/) - [Body](https://jianglens.com/topics/body/) - [Prison](https://jianglens.com/topics/prison/) - [Slavery](https://jianglens.com/topics/slavery/) - [Living Death](https://jianglens.com/topics/living-death/) - [Great Books](https://jianglens.com/topics/great-books/) ## 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.