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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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Oversimplification
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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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"...don't really remember that a lot of this is speculation and oversimplification for the sake of clarity. So it's very important for us to..."
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"...they find it to be kind of almost anti -intellectual an oversimplification of the story of history and you know they say that it..."
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"...you guys to remember. There are different groups. This is an oversimplification. And their loyalties will change. So during the revolution, the loyalties will..."
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"...I'm not an expert on Plato. Okay? So I am committing oversimplifications. Scholars who are experts will hear this and be outraged, okay? But..."
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"I feel these oversimplifications provide clarity. Okay? All right? So the first oversimplification is Plato is what we call a rationalist. Aristotle is what..."
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"...was eternal. Does that make sense? Great. Okay. Again, this is oversimplification, okay? Like if you go to a scholar who understands itself, I..."
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"...and is that a fair contrast or is that a simple oversimplification? Or is there anything to what Howard is saying?"
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"Yeah, sure. I mean, like it's, it's an oversimplification. I mean, the other comparison you can say is that, you know, Americans play sports,..."
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