Glossary
The willingness to ask questions, learn from others, accept failure, and grow.
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open-mindedness
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Okay, so this is from Mark, and I did read the essay, okay? And the essay is about how Serbia can try to navigate,..."
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He says diplomatic maneuvering is secondary to three deeper measures of social resilience: whether a society is energetic, open-minded, and cohesive enough to sacrifice for itself.
normative
He says asking people to become completely open-minded and non-racist runs against human nature as he understands it.
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"Okay, so this is from Mark, and I did read the essay, okay? And the essay is about how Serbia can try to navigate,..."
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"I don't know enough about Serbia to comment, but those are the three questions you want to ask. And everything else is not really..."
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"And to ask people to just be completely open -minded and be non -racist, I think goes against human nature. All right, this is..."
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"So you need to recognize this, be truthful to yourself and focus on real learning. Okay? So what do I mean by that? Okay...."
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"Okay? The meritocracy has destroyed this system. Why? because now we just want you to focus on grades, okay? And to get good grades,..."
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"So it's a really bad system, because if you're like me, okay, you're just a normal person, your family's not rich or powerful, and..."
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"So it's a great system if you come from a rich family, because this system trains you to go into power. But if you're..."
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"Certainly for me, it was a mistake, because after I graduated, I stumbled through life. For me, it was just failure after failure after..."
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"...society? I'm saying it changed. So before it was, like, against open -mindedness, and now it's more open."
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"...Most of my friends are actually American because I respect the open -mindedness, the generosity, the tolerance of Americans. But I'm seeing what's happening..."
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"...and it's never really developed a culture of self -reflection and open -mindedness and innovation. Much more problematic is that for thousands of years,..."
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"...the Western world is the arrogance, the insularity and the close mindedness of the of the elite and the elite now has absolutely no..."
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