Destruction of the Ethnosphere

Wade Davis, a lifelong traveler into human imagination, questions the singular mentality that globalism has brought. It is said that a second consciousness arises when people learn a non-native language fluently. This personal ’second breath’ is a new paradigm of communication and expressions to interact with the world. Imagine this beautiful concept forged by generations of society and epitomized by a handful of individuals. The ethnographic heritage of generations is at risk;  it is held by very few and quashed so easily like a butterfly underneath a misplaced step.

Davis coined the word “Ethnosphere”, which is the cultural web of life stemming from a distillation of human history.

“the sum total of all thoughts and dreams, myths, intuitions and inspirations brought into being by the human imagination since the dawn of consciousness. It is humanity’s greatest legacy, embodying everything we have produced as a curious and amazingly adaptive species.” Wade Davis

Interesting…

Anthropology has discovered fascinating nuances that force people to re-investigate our suppositions about life. There is an astounding diversity in coping with the human condition. Philosophically speaking, we are all travelers who have awoke on this strange planet wholly lost and confused. Science has brought us far, we can grasp the physicality of life but have yet to explore the metaphysical.  As we all live, we all will die – these notions of a right and wrong way to live using the social mores is inevitably lacking. What can these other cultures teach us about our personal vision of life?

Wade Davis never set out to become an explorer. “I doubt there was a human being alive who was more confused and uncertain of his destiny than I was in my 20s,” Davis tells me. “But the trait that was my saving grace was an almost visceral, reflexive incapacity to compromise on myself. People ask me, How do you become an explorer? And I sometimes say, If you really knew, you’d go right to law school! Because it wasn’t easy. But the key ingredients were following my own heart, taking risks, cultivating a comfort level with risk, and always having one word in my vocabulary for new experiences, which was yes.” UTNE.com