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Jiang's metaphor for myth formation: later social orders add layers onto older stories.
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Jiang's metaphor for myth formation: later social orders add layers onto older stories.
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"...we can use is think of myths and stories as like house renovation. Okay? So when you renovate a house you're adding different layers..."
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"...Towers knowing that you have to put all this money into renovation which would bankrupt you? Also what's stupid is to have the lease,..."
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