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Jiang claims that his own communication style can produce simplification and therefore requires explicit caveats that the material is provisional intellectual speculation.
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Pedagogy
The opening money example asks students to compare the intuitive zero-money answer with what the banking system actually does.
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The opening money example asks students to compare the intuitive zero-money answer with what the banking system actually does.
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Students remain trapped in scarcity thinking because the old model is convincing and cannot be overturned in one class.
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Jiang distinguishes his class from compulsory schooling by saying students may question, challenge, think for themselves, and choose not to attend without coercive penalties.
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Jiang's own lecture method imitates oral tradition: he keeps a narrative structure but changes details in response to student reactions and questions.
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Students do not need to remember facts such as Mycenaean Greece or the Sea Peoples; they need to remember concepts and ideas.
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"After I posted my class from last Thursday, my friend as well as teacher, David Bromwich, sent me an email. And what we're going..."
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"And sometimes when people see someone who's very confident, they don't really remember that a lot of this is speculation and oversimplification for the..."
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"You'll be empowered to live the way you want to live, to see the world that is true to you. So let me give..."
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"And after a year, I will pay you back 10 % interest. Okay. 10 % interest. And so I make a 9 % profit..."
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"Okay, all right. So again, you guys are stuck in the scarcity mindset. And it's very convincing. So let's move on, okay? So this..."
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"So, are you brainwashing now?"
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"All right. Okay. So, the question is, am I brainwashing you? Okay, that's a good question. And it's a fair question. And again, that's..."
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"the caves but to tell stories about where they came from who they are and where they're going. Alright? And all of our ancestors..."
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"What I do is I think of the narrative structure the story I want to tell and then in class depending on your reactions..."
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"Okay? Not everyone worked hard. Okay? But, because you had these people, who did work really hard, does that make sense? Okay? Any more..."
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