Tianxi Yu (余天曦) on Globalization and Controversial Views
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2024/08/29
Tianxi Yu（余天曦）is a man who’s interested in IQ tests.
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: With an increasingly globalized world, especially for the younger generations, do you think it’s still appropriate to talk about East and West as placeholders about the global order?
Tianxi Yu: The dominant group in globalization is not necessarily governments; the development of civilization is inevitably accompanied by a diminution of governmental power and the rise of individual sovereignty. Thus there are no two different symbols, East and West, but rather the cognitive consensus of individual human beings serves as a placeholder.
Jacobsen: What seems like the first instance of true human civilization to you? What is the foundational mark of a civilization?
Yu:Maybe humans learned to make fire? Or learned to use tools? Or learned to trade? It’s also possible that nothing that happens to humans now is enough to make up a collection. It seems to me that “civilization” gets its bearings when you fully realize that past actions were stupid, and that’s the beginning of civilization.
Jacobsen: What have been the historical trajectories or patterns of civilizations over time?
Yu: Based on artificial intelligence and cryptography, the evolution towards personal sovereignty begins
Jacobsen: What would demarcate the different periods of history into the present?
Yu: By the winners in history, may be based on technology, may be based on tactics, in short these winners make our history books read in order.
Jacobsen: What would best characterize the contemporary period of civilization?
Yu: It’s a hard choice, but for each person, it could be themselves
Jacobsen: How might this characterization be helpful in making predictions about the future stages of human civilization or, at least, the next likely steps?
Yu: The evolution of human society is long and tortuous; the slowness of evolution stems mainly from the corrosion of interest groups, and the collapse of interest groups inevitably accompanies every advance in civilization. So still from a human perspective, the more disgruntled humans there are, the more likely the next stage will come.
Jacobsen: What seems like the difference between European, American, and Asian, academics, academic communities, and academic output?
Yu: It’s hard for me to give a very in-depth judgment because I’m still only in the sewer of academia. But as most people believe, Europe and the United States tend to be more original in their academic output, while China tends to be more replicative and transcendent.
Jacobsen: What might be the rise and fall of nations in the midst of global politics, aging populations, low birth rates, populism, war, and the like, on the rise?
Yu: Decline due to war, political persecution, continued decline of newborn; prosperity due to entering new narratives, creating hope, granting individual sovereignty.
Jacobsen: What contributes to a cyclical nature of economies?
Yu: On a micro level, it can be attributed to technological development, human mental activity, regime change …… But I prefer it to be a by-product of God’s creation. God exists and is immortal. And the economy is a pseudo-god, the only way to acquire divinity as a mortal.
Jacobsen: I’ve had anxiety too. What are your strategies for re-centering yourself, calming down?
Yu: Read psychology books, meditate on Buddhist scriptures, go for a walk and let yourself go
Jacobsen: Do you have any time to balance professional responsibilities and relaxation, and self-care?
Yu: Time is enough, but it’s hard to get yourself to really relax, especially when you’re done relaxing and facing reality.
Jacobsen: You have been an outspoken person. What were the reasons for the more recent outspoken posts on Facebook? How should they be interpreted? What were the reactions to those posts?
Yu: On a very offensive note, the vast majority of them are not intelligent, and in my opinion stupid, and I don’t get what I want within this group. I’m outspoken in many groups, even in my workplace, and I’m outspoken because I understand that I’m much better than the vast majority of these groups. That’s my backbone, but it’s also the source of my anxiety. A lot of my anxiety still stems from my loneliness, and while I say I believe in the existence of God, God is not the most powerful, and above God is the indescribable void. I know I can’t be an all-knowing, all-powerful God if I live 1000 years, but I want to go after Him too. God is not alone because He created the world and has countless children from whom He derives His emotions. But I don’t, and am far from God, and that has led to constant self-doubt and doubts about my abilities. Suffice it to say that acquiring more divinity is my goal in life, making money and a good job is just me finding something for me to do with myself. As for these posts, they were made because my emotions weren’t well relieved. I don’t think there’s much to explain, what other people think has nothing to do with me.
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