Predictive History
In his Foundation series, Isaac Asimov proposed that the science of "psycho-history" will help humanity understand its past, predict its future, and control its present. This channel is dedicated to exploring if "psycho-history" is indeed possible.
This channel seeks to answer the following three questions:
1. What models, theories, and paradigms help us best understand world history?
2. What does history teach us about our current predicament?
3. How much of the future can be predicted?
Predictive History
Dear YouTube subscribers: We are halfway through the semester, and I will be uploading two lectures a week until Christmas Break.
I have three announcements:
1. My wife has taken our children to the south to avoid the flu season in Beijing. She has been my production team, doing all the filming and editing. I must do all the filming and editing myself, and the production quality will not be as clean and sharp. My apologies, and I thank everyone for your patience and understanding.
2. I now focus on religion, and I ask everyone to appreciate that this is a class focused on intellectual speculation. It is designed to ask provocative questions, not provide final answers.
3. If you have not done so, please subscribe to my Substack. For every Secret History video, I post a supplementary essay. These Secret History essays are free for anyone with an e-mail address (my geo-politics essays are paywalled). The link is here: predictivehistory.substack.com/
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Predictive History
Dear community: For the past 14 hours, I have been uploading Secret History #8 to YouTube. It is 99 percent complete, but the final stage has been painfully slow. It may be because that for the first time I am displaying another video (open source content), and that video has certain curse words. If this problem persists I may need to edit out that video, and do another upload. I apologize for the delay, and I aim to resolve this problem asap.
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Predictive History
I am aware that there are now many YouTube channels using my content. I encourage people to use my content in creative ways that educate and enlighten -- you do not need my permission. Please feel free to monetize the content. I will never monetize my YouTube channel, and in this Substack post I explain why: predictivehistory.substack.com/p/why-i-refuse-to-g…
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Predictive History
I resume classes next Friday October 10th. I will be teaching two classes a week until the Christmas holidays, so buckle up -- it's going to be a fun ride. I just did an interview in which we reviewed the first seven classes of Secret History, and which I foreshadow future topics. You can watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=R9vg...
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Predictive History
Dear community: Today I uploaded a video which generated a torrent of debate and division. I have decided to pull it down for various reasons. If you like to know what the video was about, and why I had to pull it down you can read the full explanation here: predictivehistory.substack.com/p/apology-to-the-co…
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