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Modern shamans: Financial managers, political pundits and others who help tame life's uncertainty

  • Written by Manvir Singh, PhD Candidate in Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Modern shamans: Financial managers, political pundits and others who help tame life's uncertaintyExamining chicken intestines, reading the tea leaves, watching the markets – people turn to experts for insight into the mysteries that surround them.Manvir Singh, CC BY-ND

Aka Manai explains that there are two kinds of people in the world: simata and sikerei.

I am a simata. He is a sikerei. Sikerei have undergone transformative experiences...

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