A community-driven archive of Professor Jiang Xueqin's lectures. By analyzing the recurring patterns of civilization and structural game theory, we explore where humanity is headed next.
Geopolitics and the Decline of America On the State of US Geopolitics Carina: Based on your lectures, it seems the US is pretty screwed. They need other countries to buy US Treasuries. Israel's not loyal — Israel probably wants to work with other countries to establish their own
To understand the Divine Comedy , it is very important to put it in the context of the other great books. In human history, there have been three great poets. The first is Homer . The second is Virgil. The third is Dante. Homer gave us the Iliad and the Odyssey . By
The main driving question is: why did the United States attack Iran? This is the central mystery of the world today, because even now Donald Trump has yet to articulate a reason for attacking Iran. And unless we can properly understand or diagnose the rationale for this war, it'
The Divine Comedy is the most influential work of literature in European history. Why? Because Dante's Comedy will give rise to the Protestant Reformation , as well as the Scientific Revolution , the Enlightenment, the Renaissance — basically modernity itself. The question is, how did Dante accomplish this? He accomplished
President Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday evening. He had a full day of meetings yesterday and left last night. They went to a conference hall where they unveiled a photo of the two being very close. President Putin and President Xi are very good friends. This is Putin'
We will connect secret societies, eschatology , and secret history with game theory to show how the world works. First, let's go over some popular conspiracy theories about how the world works. There are different variations, so I'll just go over a very simplified, clear version. We
Trump is in China. He came in last night, and this morning he met with President Xi at the Great Hall of the People.He brought his entire cabinet, including Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, as well as Pete Hegseth, who is the Secretary of War. The last time
After I posted my thoughts from last Thursday, my friend and teacher David Bromwich sent me an email. I asked for his permission to make it public, and he agreed. Today, we're going to read his email together. He said: I just watched your video. There's
This is an introduction to the chessboard, the players, and how the game of World War III will be played over the next 5 to 10 years. The two major players are the United States and Russia. Right now, they are fighting a proxy war in the Middle East between
We finished Dante's Inferno today. I'm going to give you an overview of how Dante constructs Hell and explain his reasoning for the structure. First, I will explain Dante's cosmology—how he understands God and our relationship with God. Dante's Cosmology:
There is a ceasefire now between Iran and the United States, but most analysts expect that this war will resume in a week, two weeks, or a month. It will resume because it is impossible for the United States and Iran to come to a mutually beneficial and satisfying arrangement.
There has been a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States, which is supposed to end tomorrow. Right now, the Americans have gone to Islamabad to negotiate a possible peace treaty. The Iranians may or may not go; we don't know yet. It is entirely possible
Today is our midterm examination—a chance for you to question and examine me. Before we look at the questions, I want to briefly discuss the ceasefire between the United States and Iran. Yesterday, Donald Trump announced that there will be a two-week pause to this war and
The Divine Comedy is the greatest literary masterpiece in human history. When Dante wrote it in about 1300, he called it La Commedia . The reason why is that at this time in history, epic poetry was considered "high," or tragic, and it was usually written in Latin. But
This weekend, we have reached a turning point in the war. It is possible that in a few hours or by tomorrow, we will reach the point of no return. Donald Trump has threatened the Iranians, saying that on Tuesday, if the Iranians still refuse to open the Strait of