as they choose. and they are the best guardians of the environment, they re the best conservationists. and they are constantly being taken off their land by idealists who believe that wilderness should be left alone as wilderness and that these people should be somehow civilised by us. and that s a terrible mistake. right, butjust a final point on this, and it comes from actually a respected journal, science. a few years back, professors walker and kim hill wrote a piece directly addressing the best way of organising the relationship between the developed world, a globalising economy, and the peoples in the most remote parts of the world. and they said the assumption that isolated populations are viable in the long term, which is your assumption, is fundamentally flawed. usually, it s not the case. and they also say that interviews with indigenous peoples indicate that when they re not told to be
a globalising economy, and the peoples in the most remote parts of the world. and they said the assumption that isolated populations are viable in the long term, which is your assumption, is fundamentally flawed. usually, it s not the case. and they also say that interviews with indigenous peoples indicate that when they re not told to be frightened of the world outside, they can get very positive social interactions and economic interactions, with controlled contact. there are still over 100 tribes who are uncontacted. that s another whole different story. these people have made it quite clear they do not wish to have contact with the outside world and they want to continue their way of life independently.
and that s the way to be educated, whereas education should be in their language. and we re making huge progress on that. and this is happening all over the world now. lots of people are being taught in their language, their language is being revived, and they learn to communicate with the outside world, which they need to do in order to be able to deal and trade with people and lead lives. and, indeed, if necessary, if they want to, go to university, to do all sorts of things, or not, as they choose. and they are the best guardians of the environment, they re the best conservationists. and they are constantly being taken off their land by idealists who believe that wilderness should be left alone as wilderness and that these people should be somehow civilised by us. and that s a terrible mistake. right, butjust a final point on this, and it comes from actually a respected journal, science. a few years back, professors walker and kim hill wrote a piece directly addressing the best way
civilised by us. and that s a terrible mistake. right, butjust a final point on this, and it comes from actually a respected journal, science. a few years back, professors walker and kim hill wrote a piece directly addressing the best way of organising the relationship between the developed world, a globalising economy, and the peoples in the most remote parts of the world. and they said the assumption that isolated populations are viable in the long term, which is your assumption, is fundamentally flawed. usually, it s not the case. and they also say that interviews with indigenous peoples indicate that when they re not told to be frightened of the world outside, they can get very positive social interactions and economic interactions, with controlled contact. there are still over 100 tribes who are uncontacted. that s another whole
the traditional colonial past has been to impose the dominant language on them and insist that they must speak that. and that s the way to be educated, whereas education should be in their language. and we re making huge progress on that. and this is happening all over the world now. lots of people are being taught in their language, their language is being revived, and they learn to communicate with the outside world, which they need to do in order to be able to deal and trade with people and lead lives. and, indeed, if necessary, if they want to, go to university, to do all sorts of things, or not, as they choose. and they are the best guardians of the environment, they re the best conservationists. and they are constantly being taken off their land by idealists who believe that wilderness should be left alone as wilderness and that these people should be somehow civilised by us. and that s a terrible mistake. right, butjust a final point on this, and it comes from actually a respect