Thanks so much @meno! I'm truly honored to feature in one of your productions :-)

Now, who's right, you ask. The answer is obvious in my mind: we're both right. As much as I rant against the market economy as we know it, not all is bad. And as much as we westerners disapprove of the methods of the Kogi, no one can argue the results. What they do is a form of conditioning we could improve upon, do it in a totally different and much more humane way; we already have the school buildings...

What they (the Kogi) show me is something we all know, or should know: human beings are the most adaptable, changeable and flexible creatures on the planet. I'm sure you've heard of feral childs; if our surrounding consists of wolfs, we become wolfs. But in human society we are in the unique situation that we are made by the environment we create ourselves. As a group of whichever size we can grow to. As a society, together, we are able to create and re-create each other. I truly believe in paradise on earth, if only we all saw the truth of it. Some cultures, maybe almost all cultures, start as incompatible: time and choice will change that (I think. I believe. I hope.)

Love all the reactions here: food for thought indeed :-)