Professor Jiang

So I kind of get it.

People are trying to protect what's theirs.

And disruption causes people to, I guess, panic a little bit.

But it makes sense.

But we currently believe this one.

We currently believe in this structure.

It's really difficult, I think, for the average person listening now to accept the fact that they have believed a bunch of fundamental ideas and stories that everything they care about is sat upon.

But I mean, you've read the book Sapiens and understood that humans got here because we've had a remarkable ability to believe in stories that maybe the orangutan could not believe.

It couldn't believe in money and

governments and religions and all these kinds of things it makes perfect sense that yeah there's really foundational stories where you are accepting and that's what's brought us here today that's what keeps me from running out on the street without my clothes on or doing other illicit activities is i'm held in place by a set of stories um that i've accepted and they are stacked one upon the other to make me believe that everything i'm seeing and accepting is valid but you know i guess the question becomes am i okay with this reality

You can knock it over now.

Eventually.

Eventually.

Cyclically.

Yes.

Ray Dalio talks about the cycles through history and how predictable they are and how frequent they are.

Is there a frequency to the rise and fall of these, I guess, perceived realities or empires, as he calls it?

Do you think that will happen in my lifetime?

I'm 30 years old, 33 years old.

We are seeing... Do you think that's going to happen in the next five or 10 years?