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#469: Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Is There a Sustainable Development Model?

The idea of sustainable development is that we have to find x, whether it's the cure of cancer or an equateurism lodge. The other fallacy is that we just got to get em a lot of money as much as possible and they'll be better off. A little money on a very steady basis, based on non destructive aspects of the equa system, is the way to go. There's a tribe of hunter gatherers called the acorios who were essentially dragged out of the forest right before i started my work in the seventies and eighty eight years ago. They are now producing honey. Not a single tree's cut downk, and they're making money...

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