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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-06-18, day precision Aliases: torontos

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Toronto

The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...

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The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Faith Makes Truth Real And Hope Risks Exile (2026-06-18, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Faith Makes Truth Real And Hope Risks Exile; The Exit Plan Is A School; Follow the Dissonance, Then Follow the Funder.

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Channel logistics note from 2025-06-28.

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Jiang says he may pause for about two weeks to research the next video deeply because he has limited production time while caring for his children in Toronto.

Biographical recollection stated on 2026-03-11.

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Jiang says that as a bullied immigrant child in Toronto he retreated into libraries and science fiction, especially Isaac Asimov, and that this early reading shaped his interest in psychohistory.

Timestamped Evidence

Attention Is The Real Battleground

2026-03-11, day precision · Jiang Xueqin: Humanity's patterns, the nature of reality, and the battle for your mind.

Transcript

"...long story, but, you know, when I was growing up in Toronto, I was an immigrant child in Toronto. I didn't have that many..."

Every Technology Needs a Front Man

2026-04-15, day precision · \"They Created Bitcoin!\" Professor Jiang Exposes Why Every Technology Needs A \"Front Man\"│Jack Neel

Transcript

"A son of Chinese immigrants in Toronto, he grew up poor, invisible, and obsessed with how power actually works. Who do you think is..."

Every Technology Needs a Front Man

2026-04-15, day precision · \"They Created Bitcoin!\" Professor Jiang Exposes Why Every Technology Needs A \"Front Man\"│Jack Neel

Transcript

"...and cry. Because I remembered when I was a student in Toronto, like in primary school and in junior high school. And every day..."

The Empire Has No Easy Off-Ramp

2026-04-07, day precision · Jiang Xueqin Finally Breaks His Silence With PBD | PBD #772

Transcript

"...in China. And then when I was six, we immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where I grew up. I went to high school there. I..."

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The Exit Plan Is A School

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

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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...

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