Auntology: The Waystation of Red Pill Sanity
William Liu (Liu Zhongjing, 劉仲敬) is a historian who is often called “Auntie (阿姨)” by his audience. Auntology is Liu's study, works, and philosophy. The Waystation of Red Pill Sanity is a podcast series created based on Liu's articles, speech, lectures, and book chapters. The original materials were documented in Mandarin Chinese at https://www.lzjscript.com, translated into English by DeepL and human translators, and narrated by Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. The podcast was produced by Lumina Society, which is a nonprofit organization aiming to provide insightful and alternative narratives of history.
Auntology: The Waystation of Red Pill Sanity
S02E02 A world lacking in lords: why we need more lords
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Season 2
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Episode 2
Season 2 - Lords and Wanderers
The first two episodes are excerpts from an invited talk of YiXi, which was first published on April 12, 2014. The full video (in Mandarin Chinese) is at https://youtu.be/edB7ly0_KSc .
"One thing that has been consistent from the Middle Ages to the present, when comparing the West with China, is that the West has always had much richer organisational resources than China. Chinese society is flattened and scattered, an iteration of countless single cells, and complex structures cannot be created, just as a pagoda cannot be built on top of quicksand. "
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