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13 Jan 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #489 – Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle
“I think going on a boat trip through the Amazon, not a hiking one— —where we’re going through some really… there’s areas where you can get permits to go through areas where no one’s allowed to go.”
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- Paul Rosolie
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- belief
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- 13 Jan 2026
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Speaking of elephants, I feel like we’ll be up for an adventure at some point. After all this chaos is over, do you think back in the jungle? Africa? India? I think I would love to show you a herd of truly wild elephants in the African jungle. I think going on a boat trip through the Amazon, not a hiking one— —where we’re going through some really… there’s areas where you can get permits to go through areas where no one’s allowed to go. They’re completely protected areas, and you can just go for a week through areas where the animals have no idea what a human is. And so you can move through it, and it would be a little bit more of an enjoyable experience, not a survival situation. Go with J.J. in a boat and just travel through the Amazon. “Hey, maybe we protect this river.” And then the river’s mapped from north to south, and we just raft down with boat support. You know? It’s really incredible to see how it’s all connected. I mean, the river is the thread that connects the whole story. And so it’s nice— —to see how it all is connected. And that’s why us starting in the mountains is also really nice, to see where it begins. But it keeps going. The story keeps going.…
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