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Jiang says Western elites turtled up into a self-protective bubble, a process intensified by COVID and then by the shock of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Insularity
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Look, I went to school at Yale. And this was like the late 90s. And Yale College, America at that point was very open,..."
Key Notes
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Jiang says the biggest problem in the Western world is now the arrogance, insularity, close-mindedness, and lack of strategic foresight of its elite.
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"Look, I went to school at Yale. And this was like the late 90s. And Yale College, America at that point was very open,..."
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"...the biggest problem in the Western world is the arrogance, the insularity and the close mindedness of the of the elite and the elite..."
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"...So there are many problems with this system. Another problem is insularity. Meaning that you have to spend like 20 years in school before..."
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Jiang's argument begins with a simple civilizational scorecard: energy, openness, and cohesion.
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Science begins here as a theological discipline of doubt.
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