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13 Jan 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle

“In a deep sense, the uncontacted tribes represent the deep jungle. And so if they’re threatened, that means the deep jungle is threatened.”

— Lex Fridman

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13 Jan 2026
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…Yeah. “Why would you destroy our home?” And I think they’re right. Yeah. In a deep sense, the uncontacted tribes represent the deep jungle. And so if they’re threatened, that means the deep jungle is threatened. Yeah. I mean, they are the human voice of the jungle. They’re asking questions and they’re also demanding. They’re clapping at us and waving and saying, “Send more bananas.” And so they loaded up another boat and pushed it out, and this time they gave them some rope. They all had rope tied around their waists. But they love rope, and some of them were wearing rope that they had made, which is brown or reddish. And then some of them were wearing rope that they had clearly pillaged from logging camps or the communities because it was modern nylon paracord. They had this wound around their waists like a thick belt. And they took the second boat, and they had some rope and some plantains on there.…

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