Glossary
The lecture category for war, debt, pessimism, low fertility, low trust, disease, immigration, and housing or living-standard pressures.
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social decline
The lecture category for war, debt, pessimism, low fertility, low trust, disease, immigration, and housing or living-standard pressures.
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definition
When asked what caused the transformation, Jiang answers by invoking superstructure, defined as the macro picture of society: demographics, economy, politics, and religion.
diagnosis
Jiang diagnoses the contemporary world as being in decline and treats war, ecological pressure, work malaise, low birth rates, stress, debt, low trust, disease, immigration, and housing pressure as symptoms.
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"So you mentioned that earlier, like the purpose of education are that three things, but now schools don't do that. So what caused the..."
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"Yeah. That's a really good question. When? Yeah. Okay. So what we discussed last class is the idea of superstructure, right? Superstructure. Sorry. Superstructure..."
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"...discuss... So let's discuss societies, why they rise, and why they decline. Now, unfortunately, we live in a world in decline. So there are..."
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"...go on and on and on because the signs of rapid social decline are too many. Now. This is a. These are signs of..."
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"...of conflict, and that tells us that the world is in decline. What are some other signs? Good. Yes. So you have climate change,..."
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"...is actually a very important sign that the world is in decline. And we're seeing this happen throughout the entire world in all societies...."
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"Also, and this is really important, is the idea of debt. Right? Both public and private. There are lots of governments around the world..."
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School says it teaches literacy, competence, creativity, and lifelong learning.
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Societies do not fall because one problem gets worse in a straight line.
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