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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-06-16, day precision Aliases: source, sources, the-sources

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the source

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Because, like, where does your intuition come from? It comes from the source. But there are ways in which to strengthen this connection, okay?..."

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Topic Scope And Freshness

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Because, like, where does your intuition come from? It comes from the source. But there are ways in which to strengthen this connection, okay?..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Why Paradise Needs Human Imagination (2026-06-16, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Why Paradise Needs Human Imagination; Paradise As A School For Imagination And Will; The Exit Plan Is A School.

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Key Notes

the source

Glossary

Jiang's term for the divine origin from which intuition comes and to which a person can become more strongly connected.

Definition stated on 2026-06-16.

definition

Jiang defines intuition as a person's connection to the divine or to the universe, saying it comes from the source rather than from isolated private subjectivity.

Timestamped Evidence

Why Paradise Needs Human Imagination

2026-06-16, day precision · Dante Livestream #2 (Tuesday, June 16 10AM)

Transcript

"...Because, like, where does your intuition come from? It comes from the source. But there are ways in which to strengthen this connection, okay?..."

Why Paradise Needs Human Imagination

2026-06-16, day precision · Dante Livestream #2 (Tuesday, June 16 10AM)

Transcript

"Not only is the Divine Comedy the source for the Renaissance, it's also the source for the Protestant Reformation, the Second Revolution, the Enlightenment,..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Why Paradise Needs Human Imagination

2026-06-16, day precision · glossary, claims, semantic-ref

Reading

Paradise first appears as receptivity rather than rank, then the lecture widens into vows, memory, resurrection, original sin, and Jiang's culminating wager that God created humanity because perfection alone cannot imagine.

The Exit Plan Is A School

2026-06-13, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The stream begins as a thank-you and career update, but its real pressure is larger: leave China, refuse the influencer trap, build schools, democratize creativity, and prepare communities for a world Jiang thinks is...

Why Dante Must Tell God What God Is

2026-05-27, day precision · alias-match

Reading

A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central claim: Dante restores imagination against empire, reveals a universe held together by divine light, and ends by making humanity necessary to God's own self-knowledge.

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