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30 Jun 2021 Conversations with Tyler Richard Prum on Birds, Beauty, and Finding Your Own Way
“I think one of the things that can impress a person without the experience to understand that the hard work is worthwhile, or will be worthwhile, is spectacle.”
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- 30 Jun 2021
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…Let’s say a good friend comes to you, who has a reasonable income, well educated, but not an ornithologist, not even a birder, but interested. This person says, “I have a month of my life, and I want to go around the world. I can go anywhere feasible and look at birds.” What is the perfect tour for that person? You’re in charge. Where do you send them? That’s fascinating. I think one of the things that can impress a person without the experience to understand that the hard work is worthwhile, or will be worthwhile, is spectacle. Things like penguin colonies in the Antarctic are just profoundly amazing. That would definitely be a possibility. Other kinds of ornithological spectacle depend on how young they were. Some people, there are some things — Let’s say they’re 40. They’re able-bodied, but they’re not a rock climber. Do you send them to Colombia? To Panama?…
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