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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: pre-literate-minds

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pre-literate mind

An oral mind that, in Jiang's account, relies on imagination and tremendous memory rather than reading and writing.

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The Pyramid That Tried To End History

2024-11-26, day precision · Civilization #18: The Great Pyramid as Ancient Egypt's Manhattan Project

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"...okay? For three reasons. Today, the Egyptian people had a pre -literate mind. They also had a pre -science mind, also pre -capitalistic. So..."

The Pyramid That Tried To End History

2024-11-26, day precision · Civilization #18: The Great Pyramid as Ancient Egypt's Manhattan Project

Transcript

"...in their minds. And you can do that with a pre -literate mind. Second is the idea of pre -science. So in today's world,..."

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The Pyramid That Tried To End History

2024-11-26, day precision · glossary

Reading

A source-grounded reading of the Great Pyramid as Egypt's Manhattan Project: a divine battery, a state economy, and a wager that a sacred body could control the Nile, unify Egypt, and make peace eternal.

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