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Jiang says strength and confidence redirect energy toward self-improvement rather than fixation on other people's wrongs.
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Self Improvement
For one-on-one games, mass and coordination reduce to one, so the more motivated and self-improving person wins.
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Energy is mental motivation, especially the costly willingness to say 'I am wrong' and commit to self-improvement.
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For one-on-one games, mass and coordination reduce to one, so the more motivated and self-improving person wins.
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In team sports, mass is constant, so winning depends on energy times coordination: subconscious teamwork plus constant self-reflection.
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Modernism is defined for this lecture as the cult of the self: a culture obsessed with self-improvement and self-empowerment.
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Modernism is defined as the cult of the self: a culture obsessed with self-improvement and self-empowerment.
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Jiang defines democracy as open and honest discussion about how citizens can be better.
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"um yeah that's that's a great analogy I completely agree yeah because if you're really strong and confident you just focus on improving yourself..."
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"China even though China is much stronger than China has ten times or five times as many people as Japan then you look at..."
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"...you are wrong is also to commit to a policy of self -improvement, self -change. It's also to run as a loss of face...."
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"So, energy is a measure of motivation. And we can measure motivation by a group's openness to accepting its limitations, its failings. Okay, so..."
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"Okay? The third reason why you don't want to conspire together is everyone has an ego. Everyone is trying to maximize their power. Everyone..."
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"...most motivated, the person who is most willing to commit to self -improvement will win this game. And the idea of constant self -improvement..."
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"...in a society, in a culture that's obsessed with ourselves, with self -improvement, with self -empowerment, all right?"
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"...in a society, in a culture that's obsessed with ourselves. With self -improvement, with self -empowerment, all right? So, we will look at where..."
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"And that's what a democracy really is. It's an open and honest discussion about how we can be better. OK? And again, these three,..."
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"...a new fad in America that persists today. It's called the self -improvement or self -help fad. And these are the best... These are..."
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"...discussed these ideas. So this is a quintessential American attitude. Constant self -improvement. Okay? You can become the wealthiest man in the world, but..."
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