The long-form interview, in which people have proper space to unfold what they think, has been one of the great developments on the internet in recent years. You can encounter some of the sharpest and most thoughtful people around today. I spend at least an hour a day listening to them. Here is a guy who has spent years living in the Amazon, getting to know it intimately and with a passion, and who now campaigns on its behalf.
Later on, he is asked about environmentalism, and like me he takes the attitude that it is impossible to predict where climate change will take us, but we can do specific and useful things, and that is the best use of our time and energy if we want to help the planet. At the end, he is asked about ayahuasca.......
PS The 2 interviewers I would recommend on youtube are Lex Fridman and Jordan Peterson.
PPS You can get Paul Rosolie's book Mother of God for a reasonable price at Waterstone's online.
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