Is there room for ancient wisdom in the modern world? This video explores this question. As our technology continues to advance, our level of wisdom has not kept pace. One of the clues may lie with indigenous cultures. Every indigenous culture on this planet is an unbroken chain of knowledge and understanding that stretches back to the beginning of human life. Each is adapted to a part of the world that has been tested and refined over thousands of generations, through a process that began even before we had words to describe what they were.

As anthropologist Wade Davis points out, it’s easy to forget that our particular worldview doesn’t exist in an absolute sense. It’s just one model of reality. And it’s only when we look at these other cultures and ancient traditions, that we recognize that there are many other ways of being. How do we reconcile technology and wisdom of the ancients?

TIMESTAMPS for wisdom of ancients in the modern world

00:00 - Prologue
00:47 - The wisdom of ancients: How did we get here?
04:16 - Part One: The Earth is dynamic and alive
05:47 - Part Two: Our sense of separateness is an illusion
07:01 - Part Three: The modern obsession with youth and the denial of death

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