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Children give Jiang hope, energy, purpose, and a reason to build a teaching legacy even though he describes himself as extremely pessimistic about the world's direction.
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Pessimism
Children give Jiang hope, energy, purpose, and a reason to build a teaching legacy even though he describes himself as extremely pessimistic about the world's direction.
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Jiang says Russian pessimism comes from cold, violence, scarce resources, and conflict; he reframes the larger puzzle as why Americans are so unusually optimistic.
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"the slant the over thesis has changed okay and I'm and I'm going over a lot of this information in order to build a..."
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"kids I love having children but also my children fill me with hope and energy and power to fight for a better world I..."
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"...Is. A. Violent. Society. And. So. That. Leads. To. A. Natural. Pessimism. Okay. So. Another. Saying. This. Is. Even. Though. Russia. Is. Huge. It's...."
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"Optimistic. Right. Okay. Does. That. Make. Sense. Okay. Any. More. Questions. Was. This. Clear. To. Guys. Okay. And. I. Know. It's. Hard. Okay. But...."
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"...Okay? What else? Okay. People are less optimistic, right? Okay. Greater pessimism."
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The lecture starts with Putin and Ukraine, but it does not stay in policy.
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