Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development… - Wade Davis
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development…
- Wade Davis
What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the w… - Wade Davis
What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the w…
The world can only appear monochromatic to those who persist in interpreting what they experience through the lens of a single cultural paradigm, the… - Wade Davis
The world can only appear monochromatic to those who persist in interpreting what they experience through the lens of a single cultural paradigm, the…
The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow reduced to margins of … - Wade Davis
The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow reduced to margins of …
The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations. - Wade Davis
The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.
Cultural survival is not about preservation, sequestering indigenous peoples in enclaves like some sort of zoological specimens. Change itself does n… - Wade Davis
Cultural survival is not about preservation, sequestering indigenous peoples in enclaves like some sort of zoological specimens. Change itself does n…
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit. - Wade Davis
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.
The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of… - Wade Davis
The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of…
What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind? - Wade Davis
What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?
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