Wade Davis’s talk “The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World” covers topics like paradigm shifts and advancements in human consciousness. Davis also talks about the fiction of race and the genetic unity of all human beings. Using an anthropological approach, Davis shows how different cultures throughout time have always developed deep wisdom. Davis’s premise is that human wisdom is not linear or even progressive. Every culture is a “unique answer to a fundamental question,” states Davis. The Eurocentric view of the world is that “primitive” societies need to advance via urbanization or technological modernization, and this attitude has led to devastating results and genocide. Davis discusses dying languages and cultures, claiming that on average every two weeks a language dies. With the death of languages comes the death of culture, and with the death of culture comes the death of wisdom. Davis is fascinated and in awe of Polynesia, especially the deft navigation skills used by Polynesians to understand their geographic positioning using stars, winds, and ocean patterns. The European explorers used to hug the shores, whereas the Polynesia used dead reckoning—boldly paddling through the Pacific Ocean to discover new islands. The title “The Wayfinders”...
References
Davis, W. (2009). The Wayfinders. Toronto: Anansi.
Davis, W. (2013). The Wayfinders. YouTube. Retrieved online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuJsbjKKh3E
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