Jiang uses the phrase for a civilization that may project antiquity and scale but lacks soul-grabbing depth once one lives inside it.
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hollow core
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...you actually know China, what you realize is that there's a hollow core to the civilization. If you go to Russia and you spend..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...you actually know China, what you realize is that there's a hollow core to the civilization. If you go to Russia and you spend..."
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"...you actually know China, what you realize is that there's a hollow core to the civilization. If you go to Russia and you spend..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
Jiang begins with prediction as a disciplined loop, then turns the whole century into a religious struggle in disguise.
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