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The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
Wade Davis ISBN 9780887847660
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Wade Davis ISBN 9780887847660
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This book by Wade Davis has come up 3 times on Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-01-28 and the most recent from 2023-06-22. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will disappear within our lifetimes.
“there's a really beautifully written, detailed chapter in a book called The Wayfinders by Wade Davis that talks about the sort of Polynesian diaspora”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jake Muise: CEO and co-founder of Maui Nui Venison (founded 2017 with his wife Ku'ulani), which balances invasive axis deer populations on Maui while producing nutrient-dense food. Former executive director of the Axis Deer Institute for 12 years; ex-professional volleyball player. Jake Muise on managing Maui's invasive axis deer into the most nutrient-dense, humanely harvested wild venison on Earth.
“It was actually being gifted The Wayfinders by a friend of mine.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Wade Davis: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and author; former National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and student of Richard Evans Schultes. Wrote The Wayfinders, One River, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and Into the Silence. Anthropologist Wade Davis on vanishing cultures, coca versus cocaine, Haitian zombies, psychedelics, optimism, and authoring the life you want.
“And I really enjoyed that book. I encourage everybody to pick it up.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Wade Davis: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and author; former National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and student of Richard Evans Schultes. Wrote The Wayfinders, One River, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and Into the Silence. Anthropologist Wade Davis on vanishing cultures, coca versus cocaine, Haitian zombies, psychedelics, optimism, and authoring the life you want.
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