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3 timestamped hits 2 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2025-10-31, day precision Aliases: horses

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Horse

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...materialism, science. Okay? So these people, the steppes, they worship the horse, the sky god, the cow. They worship war. They worship courage and..."

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Topic Scope And Freshness

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...materialism, science. Okay? So these people, the steppes, they worship the horse, the sky god, the cow. They worship war. They worship courage and..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History (2025-10-31, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History; Imagination Came Before Civilization.

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Key Notes

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definition

Steppe religion is described as worship of the horse, sky god, cow, war, courage, and bravery.

example within empathy model

evidence

The calculating horse is interpreted as room-reading empathy, not arithmetic: animal perception notices excitement, breath, and anticipation.

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Relevant Lectures And Readings

The Steppe Is the Training Ground of History

2025-10-31, day precision · claims, semantic-ref

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on why the so-called barbarians repeatedly defeat civilization: empires turn innovation into bureaucracy, while the steppe turns geography, animals, inheritance, oath, myth, and violence into mobile social power.

Imagination Came Before Civilization

2025-10-21, day precision · claims, semantic-ref

Reading

A source-grounded reading of Jiang's dawn-of-humanity lecture: Darwinism becomes a rival theology, cave art becomes a portal, speech begins as song, and modern society is accused of socializing people out of empathy.

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