Monday, June 11, 2007

I want to be a Hunter Gatherer

50,000 Years of Resilience May Not Save Tribe - washingtonpost.com I thought this was interesting on several different levels, last tribe of hunter gatherers proud and stubborn steamrolled by rich arabs in pursuit of a good vacation spot where they can get the thrill of hunting some prime ground in Africa. I hope they work something out though it seems like they are more of a tourist attraction these days than a powerfull civilization able to live off nothing but hunting, fishing, and agriculture. I guess more than anything to me it was uplifting to hear about a whole group of people who have absolutly no use for money and do not recognize any standard for time. No matter how much the arabs enjoy that property they will never come close to that kind of freedom.

1 comment:

Steve said...

Well, we can only hope the Capon Valley in W.Va is not the next real-estate hunting ground for those sheiks.