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Confronting Our Past and Recognizing Our Shared Humanity
10:10 - 17:13 (07:03)
The idea that societies progress from "savage" to "civilized" has been debunked by modern science, and there is a haunting fact that half of the 7,000 languages spoken today are moribund on the brink of extinction. However, geneticists have proven that we are all brothers and sisters, and technology allows us to better understand the world's oceans.
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Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world are at risk of extinction, which means we may lose half of humanity's intellectual, social, spiritual, and ecological knowledge.
10:10 - 11:36 (01:25)
Summary
Half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world are at risk of extinction, which means we may lose half of humanity's intellectual, social, spiritual, and ecological knowledge. However, genetic studies have proven that we share the same genius as we are all descendants of Africa and cut from the same genetic cloth.
ChapterConfronting Our Past and Recognizing Our Shared Humanity
Episode#652: Famed Explorer Wade Davis — How to Become the Architect of Your Life, The Divine Leaf of Immortality, Rites of Passage, Voodoo Demystified, Optimism as the Purpose of Life, How to Be a Prolific Writer, Psychedelics, Monetizing the Creativity of Your Life, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The idea of the "savage to civilized" pyramid has been shown to be irrelevant by modern science.
11:36 - 14:39 (03:03)
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The idea of the "savage to civilized" pyramid has been shown to be irrelevant by modern science. Polynesian wayfinders can sense the presence of distant atolls beyond the visible horizon just by watching the reverberation of waves across the hull of their canoe.
ChapterConfronting Our Past and Recognizing Our Shared Humanity
Episode#652: Famed Explorer Wade Davis — How to Become the Architect of Your Life, The Divine Leaf of Immortality, Rites of Passage, Voodoo Demystified, Optimism as the Purpose of Life, How to Be a Prolific Writer, Psychedelics, Monetizing the Creativity of Your Life, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
This excerpt explores the ancient tradition of dead reckoning and the impressive navigational skills required to sail the seas based on empirical observations alone.
14:39 - 17:13 (02:34)
Summary
This excerpt explores the ancient tradition of dead reckoning and the impressive navigational skills required to sail the seas based on empirical observations alone.