Wade Davis: Cultures at the far edge of the world
Backhttp://www.ted.com With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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Uploaded: January 12, 2007 at 11:51 am
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Length: 0:22:46
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Video Comments:
MLBScout111 (Thursday 4th of December 2008 10:45:34 AM)
"Shit knife in belt"
llull (Sunday 19th of October 2008 07:20:50 PM)
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 (Sunday 19th of October 2008 07:22:56 PM)
If you liked this you might also like a book called The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram.
lilhotboy247 (Sunday 5th of October 2008 11:18:43 AM)
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...
amloft (Saturday 20th of September 2008 07:00:15 AM)
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!
lilhotboy247 (Tuesday 9th of September 2008 11:37:40 AM)
And what's "your reality" then ? ? ?
clray123 (Tuesday 9th of September 2008 01:16:50 PM)
The same shared by everyone else? There's only one, you see. Even if some folks don't notice.
lilhotboy247 (Tuesday 9th of September 2008 05:49:28 PM)
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?
clray123 (Wednesday 10th of September 2008 10:25:15 AM)
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?
lilhotboy247 (Sunday 5th of October 2008 11:27:04 AM)
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.