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Re:For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Hu... by agumonkey on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @11:35AM (#5134846)
There's a show in France called 'Rendez-vous en terres inconnues' where they get celebrities to "isolated" tribes/groups (polar ring, deep jungle, desert, etc). Paradoxically, often, their lifestyle is not grown out of ignorance or isolation, they chose it. They do interact with our societies, but don't merge. The funniest part to me was how easy it was for them to catch up with us, like using a cellphone quickly became a mundane practical thing for emergencies, nothing was really difficult as far as I could see in the videos. Their children are really drawn to the 'modern' world though. Very sad that they're blinded by shiny things and desensitized to their own treasures.
Re:For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Hu... by ovi256 on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @01:16PM (#5135354)
"Very sad that they're blinded by shiny things and desensitized to their own treasures."

Seems to me this applies for people living in civilization, as they again and again leave it to live as noble savages. Looks a lot like "grass will always be greener on the other side".