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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-05-18, day precision Aliases: materialistics

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materialistic

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The interview sounds scattered at first, but its logic is consistent.

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Most connected source readings: AI Becomes God When Empire Learns To Monetize Loneliness; Why This Iran War Feels Like a Bear Trap; The End Times Are A Geopolitical Machine.

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Timestamped Evidence

History As River, Prophecy As Plan

2026-04-09, day precision · Game Theory #20: Mid-Term Examination

Transcript

"...the world is very important. Before this world today is highly materialistic, with many and the pursuit of material possessions become the main private..."

The End of the End of History

2026-03-24, day precision · Game Theory #15: The Return of History

Transcript

"...issues, okay? Why? Because your people are not religious and too materialistic. And unfortunately, East Asia, okay, Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, are especially non..."

The War Is Looking For A Purpose

2026-03-19, day precision · Prof Jiang: Trump Can't End This War — If He Loses Power, He Goes to Prison

Transcript

"...America come from the fact that baby boomers are a selfish, materialistic, and self -absorbed generation that refuse to surrender power."

The War Is Looking For A Purpose

2026-03-19, day precision · Prof Jiang: Trump Can't End This War — If He Loses Power, He Goes to Prison

Transcript

"...come from the fact that the baby boomers are a selfish materialistic, uh, and self -absorbed generation that refuse to surrender power. Right? I..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Why This Iran War Feels Like a Bear Trap

2026-04-18, day precision · alias-match

Reading

Jiang frames the Iran war as a structural problem: empires that enter forceful conflicts without strategic reserve burn out, and the current administration is trying to steer around collapse, domestic optics, and a volatile...

History As River, Prophecy As Plan

2026-04-09, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The midterm turns a ceasefire into a world model: history moves like a river, eschatology makes prophecy into a plan, and the people who survive collapse are not the ones with the best machines...

The Nearest War Wins

2026-03-19, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The lecture names the law of proximity: people and nations play many games at once, but the nearest game is the one that governs action.

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