the continuation of this story is that many cultures are undergoing self-styled regenerative processes. Sure, it'll never be the same as it was before they 'lost' / were forced to give up what the West devalued. Nevertheless, culture is always grappling with the primordial question of continuity and change. innumerable native cultures have welcomed some changes wholeheartedly. the problem is the violence, brutality, and greed of Westernization
~~I love this guy am just 14 and am already studying Anthropology all by myself because that's what i want to do so i really love this man and how good he explain things wow he makes me want to chase my dream more !!!!~~~
Amazing, watched it in global studies 9a today and just wowed at how people live, the western world has certainly changed. Think about the kids that live in solitude for years on end. Just, amazing.
Survival of the fittest, rght? so if these cultures cannot adapt why are we trying to preserve them when they are being selected naturally OUT of human cultures?
@marcdaddy33 this idea of the "survival of the fittest" is a very good example of an eastern way of thinking.
I think that the point of Wade's speech is precisely to show that there are other ways of understanding the world.
The idea of domination,of opposition between species,between the world and human beings is deeply incarnated in OUR way of thinking,even if there is an infinity of other understandings.The problem with ours, is that the will of reduction of the difference is in its genes.
may sound like a basic point to some but Darwin's theory (survival of the fittest) isn't about what's right, it's about what is. nature has nothing of consequence to say about morality
@marcdaddy33 and it's not just the atheists either - a lot of religious folk make the same mistake, confusing what's true (to them) with what ought to be.
I find this distinction helpful - science concerns facts while religion deals with values. Best not to merge the two.
@marcdaddy33 survival of the wealthiest(smartest in a certain sense if you like),nearsighted as hell .yes the lovers money and technology,depleters of resources,... the ones thare are destroying the biosphere.. slowly taking themselves and others in their fatal stream.
@followyourbliss101 Funny, I hear immense feeling and sensitivity not nervousness in his voice, as if something very precious and dear to him is being threatened by the unthinkable possibility of total annihilation.
Thank you Wade Davis. Earlier this month I was began wondering how people were able to find MAOI to orally use hallucinogenic plants. I am super glad I found this video.
Wade Davis did a documentary called "Light at the Edge of the World" once - I think it was a Natl Geographic show...he seemed to be a buddhist, if memory serves.
Brilliant and inspirational talk. This man truly knows what he is talking about. He has travelled and seen the world and understood it. This is rare and profound. Listen and learn. Human possibilities are myriad. Viva la diversidad!!
human beings do not care about their grandchildren, they DO NOT care! because if they did they would take care of them by taking care of the earth... but instead left them with a desolate wasteland. (anno 2065)
The man behind the PhD have a mission to indoctrinate young human to believe that money or gold is means of power and well being...in reality these are invaders, and the Kogi tribe the reason they call them the "younger brother" explains clearly that one day they will be wipe out by their own hand...and is happening indeed..! Aliens are addicted to gold more than anything else, hence they seek power to run the business smoothly...and least they care about the Earth..
...The sad history of Y_OUR planet...told by its indigenous people...
(among us there exist a highly intellignet but parasitic aliens...all are engaged in stockpiling "gold" (mining, bank, labour..etc..), therefore, are looting illegally the planet resources'..the alien stand behind religious groups,eduction syst, politicians and corporate's shareholders...
@seyoumeye so you recommend we get rid of education systems? grand advice, the america is doing its best at that right now, look at how thats turning out. as far as religious groups, there seems to be in america an inverse correlation between religious groups and education rates, so go ahead and pick one or another.
@slingshot2427 Well, the money-based-education system not only is corrupted but utterly against the law of NATURE (our doctorates and engineers have no clue what is sustainable environmental issue...thus they are blindly continously looting the planet for sake of useless career and wealth accumulation... and this what Wade Davis is trying to tell you..but most of you are "lost in translation"...WAKE UP dude! STOP SERVING THE INVADER ALIENS..
@seyoumeye hahaha so you recommend we not use money to fund our education system? you just said 'wake up' and 'invader aliens' in the same sentence, so i can guarentee youre a fucking idiot
O was so very sad when I heard that the 'do gooder Christians had infiltrated the Gentle Tassaday. My Cherokee cousins have begun written histories as their elders had only passed on the stories of their ancestors through song and dance.
would be curioua to know, what you would be interested in. and why the no care. . . hey, just watched it three times today, is it that he speaks of a world that is losing its memoryes when it loses languages like alzheimers patients lose their last memoryes, we are losing the finest and most beautiful languages on earth . . preferring the mindless acceptance of the meaning of life untill we have done such a job on ourselves they will inherit the earth from us again
Ive watched/heard this now 4 times. Recorded it. Remixed it with music in the background. and loved every minute of it "The shit knife!" I love these magical windows.
Wade, if you wold like I am interested in collaborating with you on creating some story collages with music to share with people. I would like to have permission to share your words and wisdoms in songs as samples for youth to hear with their musical party experiences etc.
i love his use of language!..probably the most intelligent presentation i have seen on youtube.
saving the Rain Forest & empowering indigenous cultures has never been easier, we simply need to vote with our dollars because our governments are busy subsidizing industries that massacre these peoples and the Amazon for the triple bottom line!
If you don't think that understanding this message is vital, then you are in the way! Western culture is arrogantly stripping the vast tapestry of humanity from, well, future humanity, and it's happening on our watch!
@tinosnit Ask yourself what is the true meaning of human experience. I think any analysis would have "human well-being" as an answer. Then ask yourself what is the best way to achieve this. Xbox360 and consumerism? Is happiness derived from cultural practices of indigenous peoples cognitively and neurally distinct from Xbox happiness? or is it the same? Are there no better ways of producing the same happiness? And what is "progress" on a dying planet in an expanding universe?
wonderful talk, a great lesson in the how little 'assimilation' or 'cultural melting pot' can really define what is happening to the diversity of our species.
do some reading. the legend of the nagas snake is a global legend that indigenous humans have accepted as part of their belief systems for thousands of years. btw to assume makes an ASS out of U and ME
First, in reading about the Huaorani I find nothing about the story that it was the photographs that led to the missionaries being killed. Is this true or apocryphal?
It makes me wonder about a few of his other stories, like the "18 years in the dark" ritual of the Koguis, and especially, the shit knife.
i heard some quotes i intend on telling my friends and letting them figure it out. we're all in middle school, so i doubt they would be interested in this, but I wanna make them think and have some understanding, before they miss anything [else] like this. :)
Excellent and eloquent talk that made me go out looking for his book _Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures_.
Thank you for posting this amazing talk! This is a powerful statement and one that deserves the widest audience. I only hope that the average "man on the street" can appreciate the profound beauty and poetry of indigenous culture and people of the world. I really get the feeling that Wade gets it. Nia:wen kowa/thank you!
If getting rid of another "culture" means less crazy superstition and related suffering in this world, there's really nothing to regret. I'm sure this sentimental white moron would quickly change his mind about the inherent value of diversity if he was poked with a spear for the possession of enchanted two-dimensional photos or other such crime.
It is sad that that comment is what you have taken from this lecture. How do you suppose to "get rid" of this culture? What is the culture that you belong to, is it really without fault enough that it deserves to live where another dies? Your perception of this other culture as "crazy superstition" may be exactly how this other culture view you and your belief system. The lecture was not about finding differences but understanding and respecting them, which you seemed to have missed.
Whether something is "superstition" or not is not just a matter of "perception" or "culture", a point apparently missed by both you and the speaker. It is simply a matter of fact and reality: firm statements can be demonstrated to hold - experimentally - or they cannot. People who ignore and misrepresent reality do not deserve attention, no matter what culture they belong to, where they live and what language they speak. Or would you like to "preserve" a "culture" of rapists or murderers too?
Again, this is your perception of these other cultures. Your reality is different to mine, mine different to theirs and theirs different to yours. Facts are much the same. I repeat, the lecture was about realising these differences,acknowldging them and attempting to understand them from the others point of standing. I personally know of no culture that is without fault in the eyes of another and least of all would like a culture preserved, I would rather they lived. That's all I have for you.
I'm sorry to break news to you: There is only one reality. Either you're able to understand, predict and control it or not.
I have nothing against cultural diversity such as languages, art, music, different dress codes, different tastes and the like. I only have something against outright stupidity some people demonstrate by denying facts and believing in the supernatural. If their culture is built around such stupidity, then the world will be better off without it.
I'm not German, just living in Germany. However, it doesn't really matter much, given that my only claim is the superiority is of rationality over superstition; regardless of any other cultural or racial trait. I'm not saying either that the superstitious people should be persecuted - unless it becomes dangerous to other people. I'm just saying that we should not admire superstition nor should we try to help preserve someone's inaccurate beliefs.
you might think rational, but you're not all knowing. you act upon what you know, which is practically totally invoked by your social surroundings and never complete. this is why you will never be able to perceive the ONE reality as it actually as it is, because you interpretate it socially. this is common social science acquiered by rational thinking. wade davis only tries to tell you that other people interpret the world different due to their culture and their surroundings. PERIOD!
Then what is your take of psychics as of having "more in tuned" capabilities... Is that supersition or is that rationality ? ? ? You just seem to be so concrete in your answers...
Well you wrote: "...I have nothing against cultural diversity such as languages, art, music, different dress codes, different tastes and the like. I only have something against outright stupidity some people demonstrate by denying facts and believing in the supernatural. If their culture is built around such stupidity, then the world will be better off without it." Do you have an example; of your dis-agreement with?
Yes, for example, I disagree with people spearing other people because it's traditional (I suspect that when a spear is put through someone, he/she would agree with me). I also disagree with wasting time on ineffective voodoo magic when you could be working on medicine which really works. I disagree with priests whose occupation is spreading mumbo-jumbo, and view themselves as superior to people who work for their living. I hope you get the general idea?
I bet you do. How can you say it's outright stupidity if it's embraced in their cultural heritage if it's derived from something of importance; I'd say 90%+ of the time??? And voodoo has had proven methods of effectiveness. Not condoning every aspect(personally) but you seem to be putting SAFE things in your own categories. Which doesn't do much but form your own image of YOUR OWN perfect world in way; or that's @ least the way I & (I'm sure others) are perceiving some of your statements.
It is not about "my world" vs. "your world" vs. "someone else's world". It's not about the personal importance of anyone's beliefs and private opinions. It's about reality.
There is only one reality, which we all may perceive more or less accurately. The inaccuracies *can* be checked for and corrected when they are found. Sticking to an inaccurate worldview despite facts is a harmful delusion, quite regardless of your cultural heritage.
By the very nature in which our minds work, it is impossible to be objective. We can merely form mental models to understand the world around us. We use the model that fits our goals the best. For advancing the frontiers of technology, the scientific model proves best. But does technology equal happiness? Not so for the majority of people___
___I know many parts of the world intimately, and am very sad to say that (though our ways have brought improvements to everyone) the net effect is massively negative to most people on at least three continents
Their personal happiness (I think the point in living?) was MUCH greater with their old ways...
It is about "your world" vs. "my world", in EVERY sense.
I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF! out of all the people to speak on the Amazon and this sacred knowledge he has laid it out PERFECTLY assimilatable. it goes in deep.
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I really would like to see more room be reserved for *traditional indigenous* people to continue ancient lifestyles.
Dont get me wrong, I am very much a modern technophile; high energy physics, solid state, fusion, robotics, AI, you name it.
But I have a profound respect for the ancient ways of the hunter gatherers, that all our ancestors once were. There are so few of them; there is no threat to modernity posed by them other than symbolic as they dont 'validate' modernity. So what?
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i wonder if there was ever a recorded speaking event in which both wade and terence mckenna participated. and if so, i wonder if that recording is available.
what a beautiful perspective, he has a way with words that just draws you in. this talk really hits home, because i live in such a multicultural society, and yet everyone living in my country gives up parts of their original cultures to become one with the whole. but just what is being given up, and why. how much are we loosing by trying to fit in? i just bought his book light at the edge of the world, i hope its as inspirational as this talk and inspires a pride for one's own cultural history.
I saw Wade Davis give this lecture in Arizona a couple of weeks ago...A brilliant presentation! I felt like I had had nutmeg blown up my nose and traveled through a tunnel lined with Baroque paintings!
I saw this film made about Wade Davis' exploration into voodoo and zombification in Haiti. It's called The Serpent and the Rainbow directed by Wade Davis... true story, very interesting.
"Politicians will never accomplish anything" is true, except condone the soon-to-be destruction of our planet as we know it. No other species is greedy enough to destroy their home, just humans. So can we still think ourselves superior???? A pup wolf knows more than us!
just a small but really important remark... the HUMAN SPECIES is NOT greedy up to the point of destroying their home; the WESTERN CULTURE is.
There're other ways of being human--that is what this kind of anthropological research should b reminding us. But we're so close-minded and self-referent that we think being human is being what we westerners are. And thats not true. We should learn with the other cultures instead of erasing them. Its really a joke that we think ourselves more developed..
Well said: it is power which destroys the world, the ecosphere and the peoples & their wisdom; oftentimes peoples who know a lot more about the multi-dimensional nature of the mystery of life than any cartesians power dominated minds...
Guess I ought to go to Monterey next year huh! Language also embodies the ethics of a group, i might add. Woaw! Language exogamy! I didn't know that form of mariage! Facinating knowledge he talks about and excellent parallels between traditional beliefs and the doings of 'the little brothers'. How much 'we' have lost playing god... and nice results we got huh!
Someone who appreciates life and the great diversity in it --- wow. As with ethnicity, we also must appreciate, celibrate, and honor our individuality as persons. Without diversity and uniqueness, life becomes monochromatic and conformist.
Meeting and working with this man was an unforgettable pleasure. There were times that the crew found ourselves with our jaws dropped, just listening to him speak of his experiences. Thank you Wade.
the continuation of this story is that many cultures are undergoing self-styled regenerative processes. Sure, it'll never be the same as it was before they 'lost' / were forced to give up what the West devalued. Nevertheless, culture is always grappling with the primordial question of continuity and change. innumerable native cultures have welcomed some changes wholeheartedly. the problem is the violence, brutality, and greed of Westernization
hohodene 3 days ago
ayus ka bai! nice au.. so inspirational..
lovelplants 2 months ago
Loved the speech.
tubinginnow 2 months ago
A qn putas no le gusta el video? Es muy bueno!
LoRodr 3 months ago
~~I love this guy am just 14 and am already studying Anthropology all by myself because that's what i want to do so i really love this man and how good he explain things wow he makes me want to chase my dream more !!!!~~~
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Amazing, watched it in global studies 9a today and just wowed at how people live, the western world has certainly changed. Think about the kids that live in solitude for years on end. Just, amazing.
oclax15 4 months ago
Aaahh, Dr. Wade Davis and Dr. Bill Bass are the reason why I'm studying anthropology.
ThePurpleNinja4209 5 months ago
Just to think many of the comments below have been written by people who believe that they are part of the side of the fittest?
lifesapuppetshow 7 months ago
can you imagine smoking weed with this guy? he won't stop talking!
JamaJuice46 7 months ago
@JamaJuice46 lol
Patym14 1 month ago
The advertising for a nasty car is rather ironic after such a speech...
robarton 7 months ago 2
Survival of the fittest, rght? so if these cultures cannot adapt why are we trying to preserve them when they are being selected naturally OUT of human cultures?
marcdaddy33 7 months ago
@marcdaddy33 this idea of the "survival of the fittest" is a very good example of an eastern way of thinking.
I think that the point of Wade's speech is precisely to show that there are other ways of understanding the world.
The idea of domination,of opposition between species,between the world and human beings is deeply incarnated in OUR way of thinking,even if there is an infinity of other understandings.The problem with ours, is that the will of reduction of the difference is in its genes.
robarton 7 months ago
@marcdaddy33 @robarton
or the problem is that we divide by race in the first place. there is no O U R
fireintheequation 7 months ago
@marcdaddy33
may sound like a basic point to some but Darwin's theory (survival of the fittest) isn't about what's right, it's about what is. nature has nothing of consequence to say about morality
fireintheequation 7 months ago
@fireintheequation
agreed... but too many atheists try to make an "ought" from what "is" when there is no natural basis for it.
marcdaddy33 7 months ago
@marcdaddy33 exactly the reason why every culture matters, no matter how obscure
fireintheequation 7 months ago
@marcdaddy33 and it's not just the atheists either - a lot of religious folk make the same mistake, confusing what's true (to them) with what ought to be.
I find this distinction helpful - science concerns facts while religion deals with values. Best not to merge the two.
fireintheequation 7 months ago
@marcdaddy33 survival of the wealthiest(smartest in a certain sense if you like),nearsighted as hell .yes the lovers money and technology,depleters of resources,... the ones thare are destroying the biosphere.. slowly taking themselves and others in their fatal stream.
gukakmakuk 2 weeks ago
unless there was audio issues, it sounds like wade was very nervous in his speech intonation
followyourbliss101 8 months ago
@followyourbliss101 Funny, I hear immense feeling and sensitivity not nervousness in his voice, as if something very precious and dear to him is being threatened by the unthinkable possibility of total annihilation.
fireintheequation 8 months ago
21:09 right on ive said that since i was 8
doseupwithdws 9 months ago
get your propaganda off the internet
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missingt00th 7 months ago
This is a brilliant lecture.
mohan0128 9 months ago
Whoever films/ posts these, let us please see more of what the speaker wanted to show us in their slides. Thank you.
Jefferdaughter 10 months ago
Thank you Wade Davis. Earlier this month I was began wondering how people were able to find MAOI to orally use hallucinogenic plants. I am super glad I found this video.
poisonpixel 11 months ago
Its a great idea but not practical.
111Socrates777 11 months ago
@111Socrates777 - No great idea in history was ever 'practical'.
Jefferdaughter 10 months ago
@Jefferdaughter how about the invention of the wheel?
111Socrates777 10 months ago
Wade Davis did a documentary called "Light at the Edge of the World" once - I think it was a Natl Geographic show...he seemed to be a buddhist, if memory serves.
TruthJockey 11 months ago
If you dig this video, you might want to check out the video "Schizophrenic Or Shamanic" -- very cool.
Silenus6 1 year ago
I watched this in Anthropology class today. Loved it.
hare122275 1 year ago
Oh my god. Shitknife. That is more awesome than I will ever be.
CBGB42 1 year ago 4
absolutly beautiful. it brought a tear to my eye. he synthesized so much information into one speach, what a brilliant man.
sublimeisdope 1 year ago
Wonderful, amazing talk. Brilliant man!
sokalo 1 year ago
That which stands to oppose the Empire is co-opted and becomes a tentacle of the Empire. Such is the nature of capitalism.
hakware 1 year ago
Did anyone else have to watch this for a college assignment?? :P
joellyism 1 year ago
@joellyism everyone should have! i was just thinking this kind of thing should be anthropology 101
sublimeisdope 1 year ago
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TheCameo86 1 year ago
baw baw baw i hate this guy why does he sound like he's crying
eshed888 1 year ago
@eshed888 Most unintellectual of you.
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shellicreed 1 year ago
Wade Davis is Brilliant! One of the 'Masters'
jenmacdee 1 year ago
I am blown away. Amazingly put. This is a view I thought dead to much of Western Culture.
Jonnyeth 1 year ago
This is TED at its absolute best.
steve0281 1 year ago
This was great! Thank you so much.
The World is truly beautiful
caja1111 1 year ago 2
Had to come back and watch it again!! I viewed it about 2 weeks ago, and it has had me thinking!! Great lecture!
LzzBoogie 1 year ago
Really great stuff. Finally dawning, clearer than ever, to the horizon the way to make links
ArnoldVeeman 1 year ago
Brilliant and inspirational talk. This man truly knows what he is talking about. He has travelled and seen the world and understood it. This is rare and profound. Listen and learn. Human possibilities are myriad. Viva la diversidad!!
jemmre 1 year ago
I loved how he compared how one boy sees the mountain as a guide while one boy sees the mountain as resources.
I also loved how the one tribe differentiates their plants by hearing the plants sing. It's so beautiful.
bordergurl19 1 year ago
sorry but this guy is not about to convince me that cultural diversity is as important as biological diversity
slingshot2427 1 year ago
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bordergurl19 1 year ago
@bordergurl19 he specifically said that near the beginning.
slingshot2427 1 year ago
TED is consistantly intersesting
zoooooopopo 1 year ago
human beings do not care about their grandchildren, they DO NOT care! because if they did they would take care of them by taking care of the earth... but instead left them with a desolate wasteland. (anno 2065)
gr4ndhustle 1 year ago 2
The man behind the PhD have a mission to indoctrinate young human to believe that money or gold is means of power and well being...in reality these are invaders, and the Kogi tribe the reason they call them the "younger brother" explains clearly that one day they will be wipe out by their own hand...and is happening indeed..! Aliens are addicted to gold more than anything else, hence they seek power to run the business smoothly...and least they care about the Earth..
seyoumeye 1 year ago
@seyoumeye what in gods name were you trying to say in that comment? was that english?
slingshot2427 1 year ago
@slingshot2427
...The sad history of Y_OUR planet...told by its indigenous people...
(among us there exist a highly intellignet but parasitic aliens...all are engaged in stockpiling "gold" (mining, bank, labour..etc..), therefore, are looting illegally the planet resources'..the alien stand behind religious groups,eduction syst, politicians and corporate's shareholders...
seyoumeye 1 year ago
@seyoumeye so you recommend we get rid of education systems? grand advice, the america is doing its best at that right now, look at how thats turning out. as far as religious groups, there seems to be in america an inverse correlation between religious groups and education rates, so go ahead and pick one or another.
slingshot2427 1 year ago 2
@slingshot2427 Well, the money-based-education system not only is corrupted but utterly against the law of NATURE (our doctorates and engineers have no clue what is sustainable environmental issue...thus they are blindly continously looting the planet for sake of useless career and wealth accumulation... and this what Wade Davis is trying to tell you..but most of you are "lost in translation"...WAKE UP dude! STOP SERVING THE INVADER ALIENS..
seyoumeye 1 year ago 2
@seyoumeye hahaha so you recommend we not use money to fund our education system? you just said 'wake up' and 'invader aliens' in the same sentence, so i can guarentee youre a fucking idiot
slingshot2427 1 year ago
O was so very sad when I heard that the 'do gooder Christians had infiltrated the Gentle Tassaday. My Cherokee cousins have begun written histories as their elders had only passed on the stories of their ancestors through song and dance.
SusanDianeMurphree/Marianna,Arkansas/USA/March22,2010
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woof... why did my World Regional Geography Teacher make me watch this. Good stuff.... I just don't care.
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WOHLF1 2 years ago
would be curioua to know, what you would be interested in. and why the no care. . . hey, just watched it three times today, is it that he speaks of a world that is losing its memoryes when it loses languages like alzheimers patients lose their last memoryes, we are losing the finest and most beautiful languages on earth . . preferring the mindless acceptance of the meaning of life untill we have done such a job on ourselves they will inherit the earth from us again
HamOnCan 1 year ago
Ive watched/heard this now 4 times. Recorded it. Remixed it with music in the background. and loved every minute of it "The shit knife!" I love these magical windows.
Wade, if you wold like I am interested in collaborating with you on creating some story collages with music to share with people. I would like to have permission to share your words and wisdoms in songs as samples for youth to hear with their musical party experiences etc.
What think ye?
Earthenenigma 2 years ago
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journeytozero 2 years ago
i seen this live
ufcmic 2 years ago
It's so sad what how brutal cultures can be to one another.
Ramshobraja 2 years ago 3
i love his use of language!..probably the most intelligent presentation i have seen on youtube.
saving the Rain Forest & empowering indigenous cultures has never been easier, we simply need to vote with our dollars because our governments are busy subsidizing industries that massacre these peoples and the Amazon for the triple bottom line!
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certifiedhealthnut 2 years ago 10
Very interesting lecture. The world is huge and there are so many cultures it's overwhelming. I love this kind of study.
aniefig 2 years ago 34
If you don't think that understanding this message is vital, then you are in the way! Western culture is arrogantly stripping the vast tapestry of humanity from, well, future humanity, and it's happening on our watch!
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This message isn't even worth the time it would take me to watch this whole talk. If western culture is spreading it's 'cause we kick arse.
tinosnit 2 years ago
"If western culture is spreading it's 'cause we kick arse. "
-You act like that's a good thing?!
-Your Ego is sickening..
HomeBoyCharlotte 2 years ago 6
Do nowadays 'Americans' even HAVE a culture?
Do Europeans still have a culture?
The west SUCKS BALLS!
Kra7as 2 years ago
@tinosnit Ask yourself what is the true meaning of human experience. I think any analysis would have "human well-being" as an answer. Then ask yourself what is the best way to achieve this. Xbox360 and consumerism? Is happiness derived from cultural practices of indigenous peoples cognitively and neurally distinct from Xbox happiness? or is it the same? Are there no better ways of producing the same happiness? And what is "progress" on a dying planet in an expanding universe?
scientrophic 8 months ago
This guy has more intellect in one of his inhales than most of these comments especially reubenschief250
homophobic moron!
olderbluesfan 2 years ago 33
@olderbluesfan I agreed with your statement. He look brilliant
MrPEDOCTOR 2 months ago
wonderful talk, a great lesson in the how little 'assimilation' or 'cultural melting pot' can really define what is happening to the diversity of our species.
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reubenschief250 2 years ago
do some reading. the legend of the nagas snake is a global legend that indigenous humans have accepted as part of their belief systems for thousands of years. btw to assume makes an ASS out of U and ME
stett99 2 years ago 2
I agree, read the book "Ishmael," by Daniel Quinn.
bootme21 2 years ago 5
Read Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn. LIFE CHANGING!!!
lterlaje 2 years ago 5
amazing
dan888888882001 2 years ago
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stett99 2 years ago
Im gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you smoke marijuana
underpantsjihad 2 years ago
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fighterdude83 2 years ago
ok, i have a few questions.
First, in reading about the Huaorani I find nothing about the story that it was the photographs that led to the missionaries being killed. Is this true or apocryphal?
It makes me wonder about a few of his other stories, like the "18 years in the dark" ritual of the Koguis, and especially, the shit knife.
so, is it true? or is it bullshit?
daveadler 2 years ago
Bravo! Love your video!
jfreesprt 2 years ago
politicians will NEVER accomplish ANYTHING!!! what a hero this guy is!
certifiedhealthnut 2 years ago 2
Brilliant Guy..... Is there any more????
Thank you for sharing this wisdom
Namaste
Ahbelina 2 years ago
Incredible information
Everione must see this info. All cultures that were ever around are a part of humanity their sacred and must be saved ....
letmewatch4U 2 years ago
I believe theres two organizatons devoted to that namely:
Survival International & Cultural Survival
One is head quarter in Europe and the other in the USA.
Jenfucius 2 years ago
u cant chew spaghetti properly. U have to swallow them whole. Hard job to digest food like that
Mongodelight 2 years ago
...Can a shit knife cut anything? I'm just curious.
Slance1Himself 2 years ago 2
not a shit diamond. those are harder I believe.
redscooby99 2 years ago
EXCELLENT!!!
ondamaior 2 years ago 2
"Each language is a old-growth forest of the mind" - Sentence of the month!
If this was taught in school, classroom discussions about topics like democracy, globalisation and the human being itself would be very different.
DoJaenin 2 years ago 4
that inuit he was talking about with the shit knife is the meaning of billy badass.
DAMOCLIES 2 years ago
Agreed, that was outrageous!!
renter6 2 years ago
I loved this video. One of the most interesting ideas I've heard in such a long time.
EverVigil 2 years ago 3
i heard some quotes i intend on telling my friends and letting them figure it out. we're all in middle school, so i doubt they would be interested in this, but I wanna make them think and have some understanding, before they miss anything [else] like this. :)
yodelr 2 years ago
I never ever want to be in a position where I have to make a shit knife. That is the weirdest part of this presentation. BIZARRE.
buddhahat 2 years ago 4
fuck you i was named wade first
wadefizzle 2 years ago
this guy speaks wonderfully
mathewheldman 3 years ago 4
he sounds very nervous...
pudicus2 2 years ago 3
he handles it well then
dunzZzO 2 years ago 4
I'm not like Wade in that I'm not mystical.
Shamans, jerry garcia, and LSD all intrigued me and so I have visited them all one by one or in various combinations.
I am not magical but mystery and magic are part of the story of the indigenous people I have met. And it is those experiences that inspire me.
sbellosa 3 years ago
I think you're magic
gbok 3 years ago
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zeleznikmaurizio 3 years ago
SHIT!!! I'm gonna make my own sit Knife. DAMN! thats SKILLS SON!
ChowZeb 3 years ago 3
"Shit knife in belt"
MLBScout111 3 years ago 2
Excellent and eloquent talk that made me go out looking for his book _Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures_.
llull 3 years ago
If you liked this you might also like a book called The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram.
llull 3 years ago 2
Thank you for posting this amazing talk! This is a powerful statement and one that deserves the widest audience. I only hope that the average "man on the street" can appreciate the profound beauty and poetry of indigenous culture and people of the world. I really get the feeling that Wade gets it. Nia:wen kowa/thank you!
amloft 3 years ago 2
If getting rid of another "culture" means less crazy superstition and related suffering in this world, there's really nothing to regret. I'm sure this sentimental white moron would quickly change his mind about the inherent value of diversity if he was poked with a spear for the possession of enchanted two-dimensional photos or other such crime.
clray123 3 years ago
It is sad that that comment is what you have taken from this lecture. How do you suppose to "get rid" of this culture? What is the culture that you belong to, is it really without fault enough that it deserves to live where another dies? Your perception of this other culture as "crazy superstition" may be exactly how this other culture view you and your belief system. The lecture was not about finding differences but understanding and respecting them, which you seemed to have missed.
matastar9 3 years ago 3
Whether something is "superstition" or not is not just a matter of "perception" or "culture", a point apparently missed by both you and the speaker. It is simply a matter of fact and reality: firm statements can be demonstrated to hold - experimentally - or they cannot. People who ignore and misrepresent reality do not deserve attention, no matter what culture they belong to, where they live and what language they speak. Or would you like to "preserve" a "culture" of rapists or murderers too?
clray123 3 years ago
Again, this is your perception of these other cultures. Your reality is different to mine, mine different to theirs and theirs different to yours. Facts are much the same. I repeat, the lecture was about realising these differences,acknowldging them and attempting to understand them from the others point of standing. I personally know of no culture that is without fault in the eyes of another and least of all would like a culture preserved, I would rather they lived. That's all I have for you.
matastar9 3 years ago 2
I'm sorry to break news to you: There is only one reality. Either you're able to understand, predict and control it or not.
I have nothing against cultural diversity such as languages, art, music, different dress codes, different tastes and the like. I only have something against outright stupidity some people demonstrate by denying facts and believing in the supernatural. If their culture is built around such stupidity, then the world will be better off without it.
clray123 3 years ago
As beeing german, you should know your countries history. Didn't nazis think, that jews, gippsies, and slavs were inferior to Germans?
Now, you state, thet we are superior to them. Don't you think, that sounds a little nazism?
putavyraitis 3 years ago
I'm not German, just living in Germany. However, it doesn't really matter much, given that my only claim is the superiority is of rationality over superstition; regardless of any other cultural or racial trait. I'm not saying either that the superstitious people should be persecuted - unless it becomes dangerous to other people. I'm just saying that we should not admire superstition nor should we try to help preserve someone's inaccurate beliefs.
clray123 3 years ago 2
you might think rational, but you're not all knowing. you act upon what you know, which is practically totally invoked by your social surroundings and never complete. this is why you will never be able to perceive the ONE reality as it actually as it is, because you interpretate it socially. this is common social science acquiered by rational thinking. wade davis only tries to tell you that other people interpret the world different due to their culture and their surroundings. PERIOD!
znubzz188 3 years ago 2
Tell that to a physicist.
clray123 3 years ago 2
Then what is your take of psychics as of having "more in tuned" capabilities... Is that supersition or is that rationality ? ? ? You just seem to be so concrete in your answers...
lilhotboy247 3 years ago
And what's "your reality" then ? ? ?
lilhotboy247 3 years ago
The same shared by everyone else? There's only one, you see. Even if some folks don't notice.
clray123 3 years ago
Well you wrote: "...I have nothing against cultural diversity such as languages, art, music, different dress codes, different tastes and the like. I only have something against outright stupidity some people demonstrate by denying facts and believing in the supernatural. If their culture is built around such stupidity, then the world will be better off without it." Do you have an example; of your dis-agreement with?
lilhotboy247 3 years ago
Yes, for example, I disagree with people spearing other people because it's traditional (I suspect that when a spear is put through someone, he/she would agree with me). I also disagree with wasting time on ineffective voodoo magic when you could be working on medicine which really works. I disagree with priests whose occupation is spreading mumbo-jumbo, and view themselves as superior to people who work for their living. I hope you get the general idea?
clray123 3 years ago 2
I bet you do. How can you say it's outright stupidity if it's embraced in their cultural heritage if it's derived from something of importance; I'd say 90%+ of the time??? And voodoo has had proven methods of effectiveness. Not condoning every aspect(personally) but you seem to be putting SAFE things in your own categories. Which doesn't do much but form your own image of YOUR OWN perfect world in way; or that's @ least the way I & (I'm sure others) are perceiving some of your statements.
lilhotboy247 3 years ago
It is not about "my world" vs. "your world" vs. "someone else's world". It's not about the personal importance of anyone's beliefs and private opinions. It's about reality.
There is only one reality, which we all may perceive more or less accurately. The inaccuracies *can* be checked for and corrected when they are found. Sticking to an inaccurate worldview despite facts is a harmful delusion, quite regardless of your cultural heritage.
clray123 3 years ago
By the very nature in which our minds work, it is impossible to be objective. We can merely form mental models to understand the world around us. We use the model that fits our goals the best. For advancing the frontiers of technology, the scientific model proves best. But does technology equal happiness? Not so for the majority of people___
coRn3 3 years ago 3
___I know many parts of the world intimately, and am very sad to say that (though our ways have brought improvements to everyone) the net effect is massively negative to most people on at least three continents
Their personal happiness (I think the point in living?) was MUCH greater with their old ways...
It is about "your world" vs. "my world", in EVERY sense.
coRn3 3 years ago 3
Would you give up truth and understanding for personal happiness? If so, I have some crack and religion on sale for you.
clray123 3 years ago 2
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coRn3 2 years ago
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coRn3 2 years ago
Ah well, since youtube apparently does not want me to post, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
While today's truth will be outdated tomorrow, and I most sincerely doubt you will find understanding, I DO hope you will find happiness.
Ciau
coRn3 2 years ago
tryptamines CAN be taken orally...
SixMillionDollarAcid 3 years ago
will it still be as active?
znubzz188 3 years ago
psilocybin is a tryptamine, and you eat those mushrooms, and they are very effective.
SixMillionDollarAcid 3 years ago
In the mouth of a fool is a rod for his pride.
The mouth of the wicked pours out evil things
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall
When the whirlwind passes the wicked is no more
And to man He said Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, to shun evil is understanding
dbnska 3 years ago
very good and invormative...thx acerb for share it!!
Heartkissing7 3 years ago
Very good video here.
JoeyJr702 3 years ago
Thanks Acerb for sharing this interesting and informative video! Great work!
ElisaHut 3 years ago
excellent!!5*****
acerb45666555 3 years ago
it/s good there are people like you to tell us about this, it gives one a wake up call. thankyou, -val
valadga 3 years ago
Evil men do not understand justice
dbnska 3 years ago
yo jabsea its luke ya robin!!!!! represent!!!! SAAS!!!!!
lj0613 3 years ago
This is such an amazing idea.
Anyone else here for Robin?
JABSEA 3 years ago
yo its luke robin!!!! represent SAAS!!!!!
lj0613 3 years ago
Fantastic! 5*
sonicflyingmachine 3 years ago 4
Brilliant Speaker!
Its made me more aware of the dying cultures that are being sucked into the global ethnocide.
Flagemiera 3 years ago 4
I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF! out of all the people to speak on the Amazon and this sacred knowledge he has laid it out PERFECTLY assimilatable. it goes in deep.
certifiedhealthnut 3 years ago
u r the most phony person seen on utube,amazontroy/certifiedhealthnut spiritually bankrupt making money off what should be spiritual blessings, like sum kind of spiritual vampire, cant even face the arguments, just delete them from ur vid, like a coward! too funny, come out and face me honestly coward, evil medicine man, stealer of peoples money and feeder on the spirit of others, u are no healer, u are user. yes, delete comments u cant face or make rational reply to, u too phony man!
yoursophony 3 years ago
That dude is brilliant!
chris7777777777777 3 years ago
I really would like to see more room be reserved for *traditional indigenous* people to continue ancient lifestyles.
Dont get me wrong, I am very much a modern technophile; high energy physics, solid state, fusion, robotics, AI, you name it.
But I have a profound respect for the ancient ways of the hunter gatherers, that all our ancestors once were. There are so few of them; there is no threat to modernity posed by them other than symbolic as they dont 'validate' modernity. So what?
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yoursophony 3 years ago
i wonder if there was ever a recorded speaking event in which both wade and terence mckenna participated. and if so, i wonder if that recording is available.
noliarz 3 years ago
what a beautiful perspective, he has a way with words that just draws you in. this talk really hits home, because i live in such a multicultural society, and yet everyone living in my country gives up parts of their original cultures to become one with the whole. but just what is being given up, and why. how much are we loosing by trying to fit in? i just bought his book light at the edge of the world, i hope its as inspirational as this talk and inspires a pride for one's own cultural history.
greatedcorn 3 years ago
I saw Wade Davis give this lecture in Arizona a couple of weeks ago...A brilliant presentation! I felt like I had had nutmeg blown up my nose and traveled through a tunnel lined with Baroque paintings!
rachel71592 4 years ago 4
How do I find out when he will come to California?
MrFrankBullitt 4 years ago
Genius! Genius! Genius!
wahkeena 4 years ago
Wade Davis has been my hero since I was like 16 - definitely my hero
Trippinpatchouli 4 years ago
an excellent memory, excellent public speaker, fast pace and hardly any slipups...
dubbyah1 4 years ago
I saw this film made about Wade Davis' exploration into voodoo and zombification in Haiti. It's called The Serpent and the Rainbow directed by Wade Davis... true story, very interesting.
Denisehealthnut 4 years ago
Actually that was Wes Craven that directed it.
cheddar21 3 years ago
"Politicians will never accomplish anything" is true, except condone the soon-to-be destruction of our planet as we know it. No other species is greedy enough to destroy their home, just humans. So can we still think ourselves superior???? A pup wolf knows more than us!
WEIR4EVER 4 years ago
just a small but really important remark... the HUMAN SPECIES is NOT greedy up to the point of destroying their home; the WESTERN CULTURE is.
There're other ways of being human--that is what this kind of anthropological research should b reminding us. But we're so close-minded and self-referent that we think being human is being what we westerners are. And thats not true. We should learn with the other cultures instead of erasing them. Its really a joke that we think ourselves more developed..
carrottangerine 3 years ago 4
Well said: it is power which destroys the world, the ecosphere and the peoples & their wisdom; oftentimes peoples who know a lot more about the multi-dimensional nature of the mystery of life than any cartesians power dominated minds...
WEIR4EVER 4 years ago 2
Guess I ought to go to Monterey next year huh! Language also embodies the ethics of a group, i might add. Woaw! Language exogamy! I didn't know that form of mariage! Facinating knowledge he talks about and excellent parallels between traditional beliefs and the doings of 'the little brothers'. How much 'we' have lost playing god... and nice results we got huh!
WEIR4EVER 4 years ago
Someone who appreciates life and the great diversity in it --- wow. As with ethnicity, we also must appreciate, celibrate, and honor our individuality as persons. Without diversity and uniqueness, life becomes monochromatic and conformist.
TerryPrinceGeorge 4 years ago
Wow, Wade is a beautiful human being. That was an amazing talk. I'm in awe and so grateful.
thunderbow 4 years ago
Meeting and working with this man was an unforgettable pleasure. There were times that the crew found ourselves with our jaws dropped, just listening to him speak of his experiences. Thank you Wade.
notzachg 4 years ago
This guy kicks ass. I worked with him on a Imax film for the past 9 days. It's called water planet. You guys will love it when it hits the theater.
ardbarkian1 4 years ago
I wish there's more normal people like Wade Davis.
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