Lex Fridman

I wonder how they can possibly comprehend what that is.

Yeah, that represents to them the danger that the outside world brings, the destruction that the outside world brings.

They see us as the destroyers of worlds.

So tell me about this encounter in October of 2024.

So even they don't really know when the tribes emerged from the deep jungle what to do.

They were terrified.

So fear.

Fear.

Fear.

Because we should say, kind of the obvious thing is...

As far as anyone remembers, any encounters, any minimal, small encounters with these tribes have been violent.

Maybe you can correct me on this, but I read that in the late 19th century, early 20th century, there was documentation of encounters with these tribes by the private armies of the rubber barons, and those encounters were, from the rubber barons' armies' perspective, violent.

And so maybe the lesson they learned, the uncontacted tribes, is that any interaction with the outside world is going to have to be violent because they have to defend themselves.

Because they almost killed him.

Yes.

Did you think this might be the last day you have on this earth?

Were you afraid?

And you are kind of walking on the knife's edge of... And it's funny you say this, Stefan, I was taking pictures, because there's two ways to think of this situation.

This is fascinating, or this is extremely dangerous.

It's both.