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Jiang says young people cannot overthrow gerontocracy because they are biologically trained to respect and obey elders, which is why elders can send them to wars.
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Jiang says young people cannot overthrow gerontocracy because they are biologically trained to respect and obey elders, which is why elders can send them to wars.
Jiang presents respect for elders as the theory that humans were biologically or culturally disposed to protect old people, making settlement attractive because hunter-gatherer life was hard on elders.
Jiang says the elder-care theory is weakened by ancient cyclical views of life and history, where death could be understood as rebirth or passage to the spirit world rather than final loss.
"...important is that young people are biologically ingrained to respect the elders. Right? This is true throughout nature. Even young animals will respect their..."
"...evidence for this are chimpanzees. The third theory is respect for elders meaning that as a hunter -gatherer It's very hard on old people,..."
"...any evidence, okay? The last, let me look at respect for elders. The last thing, we look at respect for elders. And even though..."
"So, back then, they really didn't care if you died. In fact, if you're an old person. You're probably like, you know what, I'd..."
Western decline looks like immigration crisis, unaffordable housing, assisted death, fake prosperity, debt, surveillance, and war.
A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central reversal: agriculture was not an obvious leap into progress.
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