Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development of highly specialized peripheral skills. but those choices in turn spring from a comprehensive view of nature and the universe in which man and woman are perceived as but elements inextricably linked to the whole.
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…
- 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
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development…
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 …
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?
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 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.
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.
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…
If we accept that we are all cut from the same genetic cloth, all cultures share the same genius. And whether that genius is placed into technologica… - Wade Davis
If we accept that we are all cut from the same genetic cloth, all cultures share the same genius. And whether that genius is placed into technologica…
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