https://www.reuters.com/pictures/rare-photos-uncontacted-amazon-tribes-2024-07-18/

Astonishing how many there are. Contact is prohibited for some, because their immune systems would have no protection from our illneses. 

Edited July 19, 20241 yr by martin-w

Still the similarities abound.  Cats probably RULE their society.

Some of the pictures are from aircraft buzzing them.  How long until a WWII-Pacific-like cargo cult develops?

Thanks a lot for this Martin! Truly beautiful. I hope they will be able to keep shying away from "modern life" and preserve their own natural lifestyle forever.

I think we can learn a lot from them, like conforming to nature instead of trying to impose our will on nature, as we 'modern people' always have done and still do...with all the bad consequences that entails for the planet and life itself.

I agree with Wildblue.  They are luckier than we are.  They know their place in the world and are probably satisfied with their lifestyle and have no desire to change or progress.

Yesterday's worldwide computer outage doesn't affect them like it does the civilized(?) world.

Noel

9 hours ago, Wildblue said:

I think we can learn a lot from them, like conforming to nature instead of trying to impose our will on nature, as we 'modern people' always have done and still do...with all the bad consequences that entails for the planet and life itself.

 

We should be the custodians of the planet, looking after the flora and fauna. What a great thing that would be. 

Amazing article! Thank you for posting it.

Fascinsting that a similar situation encountered in 1492 still exists even today. I feel a sense of comfort when learning about these people.

I wonder what diseases they have circulating amongst themselves. Surely they must have some, just not the same mixture we have in our modern world.

If you suddenly dropped them in the New York subway they'd probably have little of interest to get themselves mugged, and they'd probably be able to fend for themselves in a fight. But ultimately the thick clouds of all sorts of infections they're not used to might get them.

On 7/19/2024 at 3:55 PM, Mike A said:

Some of the pictures are from aircraft buzzing them.  How long until a WWII-Pacific-like cargo cult develops?

Aircraft?  You mean UFO's.

On 7/19/2024 at 9:06 PM, birdguy said:

I agree with Wildblue.  They are luckier than we are.  They know their place in the world and are probably satisfied with their lifestyle and have no desire to change or progress.

Yesterday's worldwide computer outage doesn't affect them like it does the civilized(?) world.

Noel

Everyone (you, me, he, she, us) were once like them.  Which makes me wonder why we selected 'progress' instead, or why we are now reading this post using computers instead of smoke signals.

Edited July 21, 20241 yr by bofhlusr

8 hours ago, bofhlusr said:

Which makes me wonder why we selected 'progress' instead,

We got curious and they didn't.  Or maybe the extraterrestrials who came down and screwed around with our DNA missed them.

Noel

11 hours ago, bofhlusr said:

...reading this post using computers instead of smoke signals.

You mean "cave paintings", right?  Smoke signals had to wait for the discovery of fire. 😄 

Hook

14 hours ago, bofhlusr said:

Which makes me wonder why we selected 'progress' instead

 

I think it selected us.

I would think that the line of human beings that led to us were wanderers. New environment, new challenges. Rather than remaining in one jungle environment.  

 

I don’t know, I kind of like my modern creature comforts. Don’t think I would want to trade places with them. You know, nature can be a pretty mean mother at times and at heart man is still man regardless of environment. Think about your neighbor wanting to have you over for dinner. Literally.

Edited July 22, 20241 yr by Patco Lch

4 hours ago, Patco Lch said:

don’t know, I kind of like my modern creature comforts. Don’t think I would want to trade places with them.

 

Me too. Perhaps off-grid in the woods for a few weeks for a break.

If you never knew about creature comforts how could you miss them?  Perhaps those UFOs everyone seeing in the sky are exactly what the Amazon natives are seeing when they see our low flying aircraft.  And those UFOites might be saying much the same thing when they look down upon us.  I don't think they would want to change places with us.  You know, a violent society can be a pretty mean mother at times what with driveby shootings and the war of the week.

Noel