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Thu May 2

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

Examining 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...

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

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