Predictive History · Jiang Xueqin

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The complete lecture library, read as long-form text — 182 lectures across six series, plus a concept codex and curated reading paths. No app chrome; just the material.

Series

CivilizationThe full sweep of human history — from the origins of agriculture to the decline of the American empire — read as predictive history: the deep patterns behind why civilizations rise and fall. (61 lectures) Game TheoryThe laws of strategy applied to the present — power, escalation, and the chessboard of a world in transition. (29 lectures) Geo-StrategyReal-time analysis of geopolitics: empire, war, and the messianic logic driving the current order. (20 lectures) Great BooksClose readings of the works that invented the human imagination — Homer, Dante, and the poets and prophets. (13 lectures) Secret HistoryHow power actually works, and how societies collapse — the unsentimental version. (28 lectures) MiscLivestreams, Dante seminars, founding-member sessions, and shorter pieces outside the main series. (31 lectures)

Reference

Concept CodexA cross-linked glossary of 472 concepts the lectures build on. TrajectoriesNot sure where to start? 8 curated paths, each a themed sequence of lectures with connective tissue between them.