Atheists & Agnostics

He said himself that their ability to live totally in the present and the way their language reflected that made it the language of happiness, among other things. Obviously their people are under a great deal of stress from diminished numbers and diminished territory, so I would strongly suggest he knock the dust off those rose colored glasses of his.

Obviously he was denied access to these people because of the Brazilian government's outreach program supplying them with the things I mentioned. Schooling that is of no use to them will be forgotten quickly, but improved sanitation might increase infant and child survival rates. No culture should be kept in stasis to become a living museum for outsiders to study. We don't know how these tribes will change or if they'll change much, at all.