A two-minute video about a recent encounter with a “troop” of baboons.
Considers the fact that for most of our history humans used to travel in similar “bands.”
Wonders whether we feel the loss of such companionship.
Eight Ways to Think About a Lion Eating a Buffalo
And for an explanation of what Mitch is trying to accomplish in these videos watch:
Mitchell Stephens, one of the editors of this site, is the author of nine books, including the rise of the image the fall of the word, A History of News, Imagine There’s No Heaven: How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World, Beyond News: The Future of Journalism, and The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th Century Journalism. He is a professor emeritus of Journalism at New York University, lives in New York City and spends a lot of time traveling and fiddling with video.
