{"id":2097,"date":"2009-12-20T10:14:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T14:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2009-12-20T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T14:14:43","slug":"wade-davis-on-endangered-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/2097\/wade-davis-on-endangered-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Wade Davis on Endangered Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/WadeDavis_2003-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/WadeDavis-2003.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=69&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures;year=2003;theme=media_that_matters;theme=words_about_words;theme=to_boldly_go;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=inspired_by_nature;theme=master_storytellers;event=TED2003;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/WadeDavis_2008-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/WadeDavis-2008.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=273&amp;introDuration=16500&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;adKeys=talk=wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual;year=2008;theme=master_storytellers;theme=is_there_a_god;theme=to_boldly_go;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TED2008;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nCultures are disappearing at a rapid rate. Of the 6000 languages spoken today only half will be passed on to the next generation. Cultures are the rainforests of civilization. They show us the full spectrum of what it means to be human and how richly diverse human experience can be. No one makes this point better than Wade Davis.<br \/>\nI highly recommend his book Shadows in the Sun.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/johnpaulcapon-20?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find his books here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultures are disappearing at a rapid rate. Of the 6000 languages spoken today only half will be passed on to the next generation. Cultures are the rainforests of civilization. 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