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Minos's warning to be careful whom Dante trusts only makes sense, in Jiang's reading, as a warning not to trust Virgil.
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Minos's warning to be careful whom Dante trusts only makes sense, in Jiang's reading, as a warning not to trust Virgil.
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Jiang interprets Minos's warning to Dante about whom to trust as specifically implying that Dante should not trust Virgil.
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In this Roman lesson, trusting the enemy is foolish because benevolence toward the Greek captive permits the horse to enter Troy and opens the city to slaughter.
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Factional politics requires cheating inside a bureaucracy, so successful factions must solve secrecy, trust, and coordination through secret-society structures.
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The third parenting difference is stability: rich parents can keep promises because they have money; poor parents live with volatility and therefore teach a less trustful worldview.
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Jiang redefines the marshmallow test as a measure of trust in authority rather than a measure of raw self-control; for a poor child, eating the marshmallow can be rational.
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Secret societies and transnational capital are essentially the same force because secret societies provide trust, coordination, and shared worldview across places.
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The Islamic Golden Age rests on trust: Muslims can trade globally because swearing to Allah makes co-religionists credible partners.
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"...this house of suffering, be careful how you enter, whom you trust. The gate is wide, but do not be deceived. To which my..."
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"...to based on your sin, he basically says to Dante, Don't trust anyone here. Okay? Don't trust anyone here. Be careful how you enter,..."
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"...to based on your sin, he basically says to Dante, don't trust anyone here, okay? Don't trust anyone here. Be careful how you enter,..."
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"Which is to say, don't trust a person, the person closest to you. Be careful how you enter and whom you trust, okay? And..."
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"Okay, so again, this reminds us of the Iliad, where Priam the king of the Trojans is known for being a very generous, benevolent,..."
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"And his first thought is, where is my king? How do I save my king? Okay so as the Greeks are ravaging the city..."
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"...solve three problems, okay? Three problems. These three problems are secrecy, trust, and coronation. Remember, in theory, everyone has to obey the bureaucracy, right?..."
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"...it so secretly, that creates a problem of how do you trust each other? And if you're doing it all in secret, the problem..."
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"Okay? It makes the child feel unsafe. And this leads to the third major difference between rich parents and poor parents. Rich parents offer..."
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"...not a test of self -control. It's a test of your trust. Trust in others, right? If you believe that the teacher who goes..."
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"...you don't really know anyone there, and so how can you trust the people, right? And the solution that we've dealt with over the..."
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"...because when you do trade, the biggest problem is one of trust. Right? How can I trust you to take my money to somewhere..."
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