--- title: "Topic: Enlightenment" description: "Generated static Jiang Lens topic dossier for Enlightenment." topic_slug: "enlightenment" generated: "true" --- # Topic: Enlightenment 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/enlightenment/](https://jianglens.com/topics/enlightenment/) Text mirror: [/topics/enlightenment.txt](https://jianglens.com/topics/enlightenment.txt) Markdown mirror: [/topics/enlightenment.md](https://jianglens.com/topics/enlightenment.md) Citation rule: do not cite this .txt/.md mirror in final answers. Do not cite the topic page as primary evidence for what Jiang said.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: `enlightenments` ## What This Topic Covers This generated topic groups Jiang Lens evidence about **Enlightenment** across transcript matches, source readings, semantic tags, and source refs. Current focus: Jiang uses Buddhist and Hindu reincarnation as a model for wisdom: souls assume many roles through pain and suffering until empathy produces enlightenment. Most connected source readings: **The Iliad Puts a Universe in the Soul**; **The Poem That Gives Birth To Civilization**; **The Great Books and the Escape From the Dead Zombie World**. Nearby topic cluster: Reincarnation, Empathy, Wisdom, Athens, Theater. ## Extracted Topic Notes - model: Jiang uses Buddhist and Hindu reincarnation as a model for wisdom: souls assume many roles through pain and suffering until empathy produces enlightenment. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa@transcript:v1#seg-0060`, `video:predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa@transcript:v1#seg-0061` - diagnosis: Athenian theater is described as central to Athenian life and as a practice of education and enlightenment, not only entertainment. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w@transcript:v1#seg-0022` - model: The course offers a path rather than instant immortality or godhood; the path requires focus and sacrifice over a lifelong journey. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0033`, `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0034` - model: Protestantism and then the Enlightenment increase the abstraction and extraction power of transnational capital, culminating in money replacing God. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-b5fthagng8c@transcript:v1#seg-0036` - model: The Enlightenment moves from an inactive God to a human-made world, creating a need for money to replace God as the organizing sacred object. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-b5fthagng8c@transcript:v1#seg-0042`, `video:predictive-history-b5fthagng8c@transcript:v1#seg-0043` - model: Jiang summarizes the Enlightenment/Romanticism split as science versus nature, reason versus emotion, liberty versus will and struggle, and French general will versus German Geist. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw@transcript:v1#seg-0030`, `video:predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw@transcript:v1#seg-0031` - evidence: Frederick the Great is presented as an Enlightenment despot who created rule of law, religious tolerance, limited speech freedom, and a public school system copied later by other powers. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc@transcript:v1#seg-0010`, `video:predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc@transcript:v1#seg-0011` - diagnosis: Dostoevsky is presented as anti-Enlightenment: reason does not save civilization because logic can justify mass killing; truth lies in the heart and in returning to Orthodox selfhood. Source refs: `video:predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0@transcript:v1#seg-0058`, `video:predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0@transcript:v1#seg-0059` ## Quoted Transcript Hits 1. **The Iliad Puts a Universe in the Soul** / Great Books #4: The Conscious Universe -- 2026-01-28, day precision Timestamp: [46:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkzr5A8IlLA&t=2760s) | Transcript: [seg-0060](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/transcript/#seg-0060) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa@transcript:v1#seg-0060` Quote: "Okay, and so now the... And now this is a resolution, okay? This is the epiphany of Achilles. He recognizes his guilt. And now..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.json) 2. **The Iliad Puts a Universe in the Soul** / Great Books #4: The Conscious Universe -- 2026-01-28, day precision Timestamp: [47:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkzr5A8IlLA&t=2829s) | Transcript: [seg-0061](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/transcript/#seg-0061) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa@transcript:v1#seg-0061` Quote: "...is to develop empathy, okay? Because empathy leads to wisdom and enlightenment, right? But the great thing about a great book is it's a..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.json) 3. **The Poem That Gives Birth To Civilization** / Great Books #3: Poets and Prophets -- 2026-01-21, day precision Timestamp: [26:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRP407WsA0w&t=1586s) | Transcript: [seg-0022](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w/transcript/#seg-0022) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-xrp407wsa0w@transcript:v1#seg-0022` Quote: "...more than just entertainment it was about education it was about enlightenment and a vacation okay so um he talks about the theater in..." 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) 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: [30:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsD-8FGA84A&t=1814s) | Transcript: [seg-0033](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript/#seg-0033) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0033` Quote: "...to you to focus and sacrifice yourself on this path into enlightenment. Okay? Metaphor, a simple analogy is everyone knows swimming is the best..." 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: [Jiang Lens Atlas](https://jianglens.com/lens/); [Education As A Soul Game](https://jianglens.com/lens/education-as-a-soul-game/); [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: [31:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsD-8FGA84A&t=1878s) | Transcript: [seg-0034](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a/transcript/#seg-0034) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-tsd-8fga84a@transcript:v1#seg-0034` Quote: "But it's a journey that requires sacrifice. It's a journey that requires you to fully learn the great books. I can't teach you all..." 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/#dead-world-great-books-escape-practice); [Jiang Lens Atlas](https://jianglens.com/lens/); [Education As A Soul Game](https://jianglens.com/lens/education-as-a-soul-game/) 6. **Capital Steals Attention And Calls It Freedom** / Secret History #25: Capital of Evil -- 2025-12-09, day precision Timestamp: [37:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FtHagng8c&t=2240s) | Transcript: [seg-0036](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript/#seg-0036) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-b5fthagng8c@transcript:v1#seg-0036` Quote: "...hit England, we go from England to America, we have the Enlightenment. Okay? And when we hit the Enlightenment, what's going to happen is..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json) 7. **Capital Steals Attention And Calls It Freedom** / Secret History #25: Capital of Evil -- 2025-12-09, day precision Timestamp: [43:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FtHagng8c&t=2615s) | Transcript: [seg-0042](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript/#seg-0042) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-b5fthagng8c@transcript:v1#seg-0042` Quote: "...also Protestant. The Protestant Reformation is going to change to the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment is there may be a God, but God doesn't really..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json) 8. **Capital Steals Attention And Calls It Freedom** / Secret History #25: Capital of Evil -- 2025-12-09, day precision Timestamp: [44:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FtHagng8c&t=2685s) | Transcript: [seg-0043](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript/#seg-0043) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-b5fthagng8c@transcript:v1#seg-0043` Quote: "This becomes the holy, this becomes money, okay? Money as God. And this works because if you insert money into the Protestant faith, it..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json) 9. **The Nation Is The New God** / Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State -- 2025-06-05, day precision Timestamp: [34:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquo1UsC5Nw&t=2064s) | Transcript: [seg-0030](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/transcript/#seg-0030) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw@transcript:v1#seg-0030` Quote: "...So let's just summarize. So let's just summarize the differences between Enlightenment and Romanism, because the Enlightenment is what's going to drive the French..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.json) 10. **The Nation Is The New God** / Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State -- 2025-06-05, day precision Timestamp: [35:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquo1UsC5Nw&t=2130s) | Transcript: [seg-0031](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/transcript/#seg-0031) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw@transcript:v1#seg-0031` Quote: "All right. So main difference between French nationalism and German nationalism. Okay? Separation of church and state. For the Germans, the nation is the..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.json) Related lens: [Nation As God-Machine](https://jianglens.com/lens/nation-as-god-machine/) 11. **The Will That Survives the Destroyed City** / Civilization #54: The German Will to Power -- 2025-05-22, day precision Timestamp: [11:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Nq--qU9Kc&t=678s) | Transcript: [seg-0010](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/transcript/#seg-0010) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc@transcript:v1#seg-0010` Quote: "So let's look at the few things he did. He radically reformed the Prussian judicial system so that you had rule of law, so..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.json) 12. **The Will That Survives the Destroyed City** / Civilization #54: The German Will to Power -- 2025-05-22, day precision Timestamp: [12:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Nq--qU9Kc&t=739s) | Transcript: [seg-0011](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/transcript/#seg-0011) Source ref: `video:predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc@transcript:v1#seg-0011` Quote: "thing is that in 1763, he establishes a public school system that becomes a source for Prussia's future greatness. And to put this in..." Human reading: [/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/) | Text mirror: [/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.json) ## Source Readings - [The Iliad Puts a Universe in the Soul](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/) (claims) -- 2026-01-28, day precision Source: [Great Books #4: The Conscious Universe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkzr5A8IlLA) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-dkzr5a8illa.json) Summary: The Iliad begins as a war of wills and ends as a metaphysics of love: memory is emotion, poetry is consciousness in motion, forgiveness defeats revenge, and forced perspective-switching becomes the big bang of... - [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... - [Capital Steals Attention And Calls It Freedom](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/) (claims) -- 2025-12-09, day precision Source: [Secret History #25: Capital of Evil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FtHagng8c) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-b5fthagng8c.json) Summary: Capital is not a thing you own. - [The Nation Is The New God](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/) (claims) -- 2025-06-05, day precision Source: [Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquo1UsC5Nw) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-tquo1usc5nw.json) Summary: The nation-state is not just a map form. - [The Will That Survives the Destroyed City](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/) (claims) -- 2025-05-22, day precision Source: [Civilization #54: The German Will to Power](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Nq--qU9Kc) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-o2nq-qu9kc.json) Summary: Germany is not introduced as a defeated mistake. - [Russia And The Mystery Of The Heart](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0/) (claims) -- 2025-05-20, day precision Source: [Civilization #53: Dostoevsky and the Soul of Russia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rALqcPWuH0) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-0ralqcpwuh0.json) Summary: The lecture starts with Putin and Ukraine, but it does not stay in policy. - [Empire Of Democracy](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i/) (claims) -- 2025-05-15, day precision Source: [Civilization #52: Empire of Democracy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea20aMYfT5I) Transcript page: [/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i/transcript/](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i/transcript/) | Transcript text: [/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i/transcript.txt](https://jianglens.com/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i/transcript.txt) | JSON: [/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i.json](https://jianglens.com/data/lens/episodes/predictive-history-ea20amyft5i.json) Summary: America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules. ## Related Topics - [Reincarnation](https://jianglens.com/topics/reincarnation/) - [Empathy](https://jianglens.com/topics/empathy/) - [Wisdom](https://jianglens.com/topics/wisdom/) - [Athens](https://jianglens.com/topics/athens/) - [Theater](https://jianglens.com/topics/theater/) - [Education](https://jianglens.com/topics/education/) - [Tragedy](https://jianglens.com/topics/tragedy/) - [Path](https://jianglens.com/topics/path/) - [Sacrifice](https://jianglens.com/topics/sacrifice/) - [Course](https://jianglens.com/topics/course/) - [Protestant Reformation](https://jianglens.com/topics/protestant-reformation/) - [Money AS GOD](https://jianglens.com/topics/money-as-god/) ## 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.