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Jiang says his geopolitical analysis intentionally begins with a simplified framework or skeleton and only later adds more data points, nuance, and subtlety.
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"This is a great point, okay? Yes, I do oversimplify. The world is extremely complex. There's like a million data points you can choose..."
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"So you have to be aware that I need to consider more data points, and I need to make my arguments more nuanced and..."
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"...says is not correct, okay? This is actually suddenly, and with nuance, undermining the argument of Virgil, okay? All right, so now we are..."
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"...good story that people can understand and help them appreciate the nuance of this world. But now I'm going to tell you how it..."
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"...Bromwich, because he's such an eminent scholar, he, um, appreciates the nuance and subtlety to ideas. So I think that, um, what I would..."
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"...all designed to be read aloud. And there are subtlety and nuance in all poetry. And the reason why is, think of poetry as..."
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"...all designed to be read aloud. And there are subtlety and nuance in all poetry. And the reason why is think of poetry as..."
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"...Sorry. No, go ahead. Yeah. But I will also add some nuance to this where the Iranians do not actually want this war to..."
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"...understand the world, particularly through your incorporation of psychological and spiritual nuances and elements in looking at human societies and human motivations. I think..."
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"...take you a life, life, an entire life to appreciate the nuance, the beauty, the power of the Iliad. It'll take you a lifetime..."
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"...outcome for the Russians is that correct or is there more nuance involved"
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"...in America is developing and how to best manipulate it through nuance. Okay, they're able to ride that wave."
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