T. Greer

@Scholars_Stage

I report (mostly) on China security stuff, and blog about strategic theory, behavioral science, & history. PATREON:

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    I have a book review out in Foreign Policy Magazine. The book reviewed: Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping

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    Xi Jinping’s philosophy is a mashup of cultural nationalism and Maoist ideology

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    Incidentally this is not the first time I have written about Xi's worldview and the mindset of the Communist elite. Just a few days ago I wrote a blog post that covers similar ground to this review:

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    It is currently my go-to book when people say, "What should I read to understand what China wants?" or "Explain to me how the Party thinks about the world." It is short & readable. I summarize some of the main themes in the review but I encourage you to go purchase it yourself.

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    This book is by . You can buy it here: In a blog post I wrote earlier this summer I excerpted a few passages I found especially interesting here:

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    Liberals rated an ethnic outgroup Airbnb host as more trustworthy than an ingroup host, but when they believed they might actually stay w/the host, they demonstrated either no preference or an ingroup preference. New work by & crew:

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    "Reflections on 's Heritage II: Just How is Modern China?" []

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    May be of interest to

    I have a book review out in Foreign Policy Magazine. The book reviewed: Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping
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    on that: first evidence that immigrants can incorporate from the local cultural beliefs about social groups (here: politicians) into their preexistent stereotypes about the groups @

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    Honestly: the people who do not understand why people think Biden is inspiring and likable are nuts

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    The KMT is masterful in its use of local religion. Hsieh Cheng-ta, the Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City, is also the founder of the Museum of World Religions and an Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society. He was Hou You-yi's campaign manager as well.

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    Other 2 things to do in your 50s: 1) popularizing brilliant ideas you had in your 30s but only your narrow field was paying attention to. 2) Writing histories. Historians peak in their 60s. Probably because history relies more on crystal intelligence, doesn't decline til 70s

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  13. 16 hours ago

    Figure out the biggest intellectual problem you think you can help solve and make sure you spend your 30s doing that. 50s-60s is for teaching, judging, managing, leading, and dispensing with wisdom. 10s-20s for gaining skills. 30s is for solving the big problems.

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    So in terms of *analysis,* after you hit 45 or so it is all down hill. You are mostly stuck in whatever frames of reference you created/internalized up to that point. Another way to say this:

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    I am writing a blog post about this. But essentially the take away is that the critical period for coming up with new ideas is in your 30s. 30s is when you are at peak fluid intelligence; in most creative/knowledge industries production of ground breaking work peaks in 30s-40s.

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    I think about this study a lot.

    How does cultural change happen? It's mostly because people die and are replaced rather than because they change their minds.
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    I have also translated a speech by Xi Jinping: And engaged with John Garnaut's sketch of what he thinks motivates Xi Jinping:

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    Last month Foreign Policy published another of my reviews, that of a book which explains how the Communists describe their own goals in their own documents:

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    Incidentally this is not the first time I have written about Xi's worldview and the mindset of the Communist elite. Just a few days ago I wrote a blog post that covers similar ground to this review:

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