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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-06-23, day precision Aliases: thousands-of-year, thousands-year, thousands-years

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Thousands OF Years

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...religions and all the Buddhism, all that thing, dating back in thousands years ago, but now like I don't, it's a small portion of..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...religions and all the Buddhism, all that thing, dating back in thousands years ago, but now like I don't, it's a small portion of..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Hell Begins When Hope Collapses Into Competition And Fraud (2026-06-23, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Hell Begins When Hope Collapses Into Competition And Fraud; Faith Makes Truth Real And Hope Risks Exile; Dante Against Obedience.

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Key Notes

Summary claim in the 2024-08-29 lecture

diagnosis

Jiang says there was no single spark for agriculture; the transition from hunter-gathering to farming took thousands of years.

Timestamped Evidence

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante Livestream #3 (Wednesday, June 17 10AM)

Transcript

"...we don't know we we've been having that medicine for thousands of years okay and also like we don't even know how they came..."

From Iran To The AI God

2026-05-26, day precision · Game Theory #28: Predictive History

Transcript

"...Bible. And the question that plagued many religious scholars for thousands of years is, why did they screw up?"

Creativity Is A Scientific Rebellion

2026-04-05, day precision · Professor Jiang on teaching for creativity, agency, and empowerment @PredictiveHistory

Transcript

"...has been through much change and tumult. In these past thousands of years that China has stayed consistent. So I think that, uh, Chinese..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...

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