Pablo Flores

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I did not see Pirahã teenagers moping, sleeping in late, refusing to accept responsibility for their own actions, or trying out what they considered to be radically new approaches to life. They in fact are highly productive and conformist members of their community in the Pirahã sense of productivity
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
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