Some possible launching points for discussion:


1.  Davis introduces the concept that culture is an imagining of reality that changes the way 
we mentally and physically adapt to our environment.  How is it significant to human beings' 
survival and well-being that one culture dominates?



2.  How has the migration of European culture to North America changed the collective viewpoint?  



3. When a person is removed from the environment in which one's culture has developed, 
can that culture still prosper?



4.  How is language linked to diversity?



5.  Philip Coulter:
One of the major thrusts of Wade Davis's work is that we in the West need to look with more 
empathy at what indigenous cultures have to contribute to human society as a whole. But 
there's a bit of a problem for us as Westerners'. How do we go about choosing what in our 
culture might be of value, and how do we choose what's of value in other cultures?



6. Philip Coulter:
Certain plants are sacred to the people of the Amazon not only because they are a means 
of entering the spirit world but also because they link them in a profound way to the
complex physical world in which they live.
Why is the use of psycho-active drugs viewed so differently in Western culture?



7.  Philip Coulter:
Part of this new vision, the lesson learned in the exploration of other cultures, is the
richness and diversity of human experience in the world we share. Another part of the
vision for Wade Davis is the understanding of what it is that we have in common that
links us in the family of human kind.