Agreed. I'm in no position to give up my lifestyle and the conveniences and predilections that accompany it, but reading this article about an American anthropo

Agreed. I'm in no position to give up my lifestyle and the conveniences and predilections that accompany it, but reading this article about an American anthropologist who was betrothed to a Yamomami women while doing field work in the Amazon, had children, and tried to assimilate his wife and family into modern Western society (in New Jersey!) made me really reconsider some of my assumptions and priorities: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23758087 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23758087 This passage in particular really touched me: But life in New Jersey was not working out for Yarima. It wasn't the weather, food or modern technology but the absence of close human relations. The Yanomami day begins and ends in the shapono, open to relatives, friends, neighbours and enemies. But Yarima's day in the US began and ended in a closed box, cut off from society.