Glossary
Jiang uses it for a mindset of trust, belonging, and participation in nature.
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pre-modern mind
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "sound might betray their presence to some person or thing not of the forest they stood there quiet and still and it struck me..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "sound might betray their presence to some person or thing not of the forest they stood there quiet and still and it struck me..."
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diagnosis
Jiang names the first major difference between modern and pre-modern minds as separation from nature versus belonging to nature.
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"sound might betray their presence to some person or thing not of the forest they stood there quiet and still and it struck me..."
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"mind is what we consider modern and their mind is what we consider pre -modern okay what's the first major difference between I okay..."
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"that surprise him exactly okay so here's the first big difference why do we think that nature is dangerous why do they not think..."
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"Okay, we're obsessed with control, right? We have to control everything. We wanna know something because we want to control it, okay? We like..."
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For most of human history, Jiang argues, humans were peaceful, egalitarian, and artistic because the forest, animals, ancestors, and spirit world were not scenery.
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