called bel air, and if we went in there it would be suicidal. so, these are the reality is people are living with every day, the calculations they have to make about every single journey they take. this is not a place where you get into your car in the morning and think i want to go from a to b, you need to know who s territory you are going through, gangs are trying to increase their control and will move into a different place, an area that were saved yesterday for example may not be safe today. and people living here have told me they carry this mental map, they have decided that divided the city into green zones which are gang three, yellow zones which are gang three, yellow zones which are gang three, yellow zones which are 50 50 and red zones which are areas you simply cannot go, so here in the capital city we have no go areas and it seems as if the government is powerless, the police appear overwhelmed, they carry out some operations but they are barely making a dent in the p
but of course i would be remiss if i didn t mention ukraine right now, a country that has teetered on in this transitional stage. you know, we couldn t call it a functional democracy, whatever that might be. but we also haven t seen the gaslighting in ukraine we ve seen in other countries. you know, that s something to i think put on our mental map right now when ukraine is facing another extraordinary military threat from russia, and the united states is trying to figure out what to do. an excellent point. a lot of folks in ukraine that are the front lines of democratic movement right now. anyway, shannon, cynthia miller, masha, gessen, i m out of time but this topic could go on and on. we appreciate all of you. a sneak bit of a little news. jonathan dooents confirmed that
Black howler monkeys move through their environment using mental maps that the primates modify and adapt as the landscape changes – a skill previously seen only in humans