Jiang argues that Dante made Inferno especially visual and narratively gripping because he needed an appealing first publication that would establish him in a larger poetic tradition.
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Shakespeare's plays survive because friends and actors assembled posthumous texts from notes and memory in the First Folio after a performance-centered culture did not incentivize publication.
Jiang says the main place to follow his geopolitical analysis is his Substack, Good Deal of History, and points listeners to a recent essay on his understanding of the national security strategy.
Danny says the published interview will link Jiang's YouTube channel and Substack and explicitly invites viewers to agree or disagree with the analysis in the comments.
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"learn about uh inferno okay yes there a reason why i do feel you know going from paradise to inferno inferno it's much more..."
"remember um what donald will do is first publish the inferno okay and at this time in history donna is not a well -known..."
"No, I mean, if you're interested in my geopolitical analysis, the best place to find my work is my Substack, Good Deal of History...."
"All right. Interesting. Well, thank you so much again, Professor. We'll link to your YouTube channel down below as well as your sub stack...."
"played off is performed all the time and you are forced to read Shakespeare in school so where is where do we get these..."
"Shakespeare was so after his death his friends and I don't know their names okay but his friends want to remember him they want..."
"...analysis to the world. I don't even have subscriptions to major publications such as New York Times, Washington Journal, the BBC. I don't watch..."
"...-election and lincoln was a likewise a big fan of their publications okay what does that mean it means that people with talent people..."
"...and writing about, uh, the advent of AI, uh, for major publications, including the Wall Street Journal. And, um, she has a very skeptical..."
"...next my my handle is at naked Hedgie I have two publication on sub stack one that is an event that's going to be..."
"...Protest. This is what led. To the Pentagon. Papers. And the publication. Of the Pentagon. Papers. In Washington. Post. And New York. Times. That's..."
"...against greenland at this at this time and eventually you have publications against canada as well because the reason why is that china relies..."
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