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Wow... this was an incredible read, thank you for sharing. I can't imagine what it would be like to grow up in that environment. Humans are amazing... one of

Wow... this was an incredible read, thank you for sharing. I can't imagine what it would be like to grow up in that environment. Humans are amazing... one of my favorite lines from the article: The family’s principal entertainment, the Russian journalist Vasily Peskov noted, “was for everyone to recount their dreams.”

papeda 6y ago
This is doubly strange because “recounting dreams” is, in modern society, a pretty surefire way to bore other people. But it may be that when you live this kind of pre-modern life you don’t have all the random coins of so much life, media, and other humans around you, so the most reliable source of surprising material is dreams.
- kick 6y ago
  Most people are bad at recalling dreams, which doesn't help. It's not a bad experience, if you're interacting with people who are good at it.
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  You mean a way to bore strangers? Because our family share funny, interesting, or strange dreams and I don't find it any less boring than hearing about other aspects of people's day (and sometimes far more engaging).
- caymanjim 6y ago
  Most people are bad at telling stories in general, both recounting events in a captivating way and making up tales to entertain. Like anything, you get better at it with practice. All cultures have a history of sitting around the campfire and listening to the elders spin yarns. What else would you do at night? Your average caveman was probably a more engaging speaker than most people today.
Jenz 6y ago
My favorite, by far: > [...] old Karp was usually delighted by the latest innovations that the scientists brought up from their camp, and though he steadfastly refused to believe that man had set foot on the moon, he adapted swiftly to the idea of satellites. The Lykovs had noticed them as early as the 1950s, when “the stars began to go quickly across the sky,” and Karp himself conceived a theory to explain this: “People have thought something up and are sending out fires that are very like stars.” Especially the last part: “People have thought something up and are sending out fires that are very like stars.”
- kotrunga 6y ago
  Yes, that was also one of my favorites.

papeda 6y ago

This is doubly strange because “recounting dreams” is, in modern society, a pretty surefire way to bore other people. But it may be that when you live this kind of pre-modern life you don’t have all the random coins of so much life, media, and other humans around you, so the most reliable source of surprising material is dreams.

kick 6y ago
Most people are bad at recalling dreams, which doesn't help. It's not a bad experience, if you're interacting with people who are good at it.
pbhjpbhj 6y ago
You mean a way to bore strangers? Because our family share funny, interesting, or strange dreams and I don't find it any less boring than hearing about other aspects of people's day (and sometimes far more engaging).
caymanjim 6y ago
Most people are bad at telling stories in general, both recounting events in a captivating way and making up tales to entertain. Like anything, you get better at it with practice. All cultures have a history of sitting around the campfire and listening to the elders spin yarns. What else would you do at night? Your average caveman was probably a more engaging speaker than most people today.

Jenz 6y ago

My favorite, by far: > [...] old Karp was usually delighted by the latest innovations that the scientists brought up from their camp, and though he steadfastly refused to believe that man had set foot on the moon, he adapted swiftly to the idea of satellites. The Lykovs had noticed them as early as the 1950s, when “the stars began to go quickly across the sky,” and Karp himself conceived a theory to explain this: “People have thought something up and are sending out fires that are very like stars.” Especially the last part: “People have thought something up and are sending out fires that are very like stars.”

kotrunga 6y ago
Yes, that was also one of my favorites.