Wade davis
On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.
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It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.
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Change is no threat to culture.
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All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.
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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 wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of...
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Quiero hablar hoy de un ser excepcional: Richard Evans Schultes. A finales de los años sesenta y principios de los setenta, una época de pocos héroes había un hombre de mucha importancia en la ciudad...
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Allí se encontró con el científico alemán, B. P. Reko, quien resultó ser un nazi apasionado. En este viaje Schultes descubrió que tenía que aprender mejor el español: al tratar de conversar con una...
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