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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-06-26, day precision Aliases: bone, bones, skull-and-bone, skull-bone, skull-bones

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Skull and Bones

A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...

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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Tree, The Guide, And The Chosen Fire (2026-06-26, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The Tree, The Guide, And The Chosen Fire; Macbeth's Deed And Dante's Hope; Fraud, Faction, and the Imagination That Manufactures Hell.

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Skull and Bones

Glossary

Yale senior society used as Jiang’s prime example of elite secret-social networks.

Lecture claim on 2025-09-12.

model

Harvard alone is not enough; elite reproduction also runs through senior clubs and secret societies such as Porcellian, Ivy Club, and Skull and Bones.

Timestamped Evidence

The Meritocracy Eats Its Children

2025-09-12, day precision · Secret History #7: Death by Meritocracy

Transcript

"...The clubs that everyone wants to join. At Yale, it's Skull and Bones. Okay? Skull and Bones is the most famous college secret society...."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

The Tree, The Guide, And The Chosen Fire

2026-06-26, day precision · alias-match

Reading

A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...

Macbeth's Deed And Dante's Hope

2026-06-25, day precision · alias-match

Reading

A source-grounded reading of a five-hour hybrid workshop that begins with Macbeth and ends by turning Purgatory, free will, tragedy, envy, and generosity into one model of human transformation.

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