“Cormac McCarthy: just dark sky, iron clouds, and we're standing there. Everyone is waiting, 'cause at any moment an arrow could”
Books mentioned in Paul Rosolie: Uncontacted Tribes in the Amazon Jungle | Lex Fridman Podcast #489
From Lex Fridman Podcast · 2026-01-13
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“whether it was Lord of the Rings or Sherlock Holmes or Jane Goodall. And so I grew up with Jane being this figurehead of”
“whether it was Lord of the Rings or Sherlock Holmes or Jane Goodall. And so I grew up with Jane being this figurehead of”
“was "Lulu the Giant Anteater" for Mother of God, and the other chapter was me, JJ and Pico out on the river catching anacondas, and just talking about how”
“once again, beautifully in the book, of the time when he told you the stories and when your mind and eyes were still fresh”
“If you want to talk about Amazonian No Country for Old Men, it's the oil companies, the missionaries, and the newly contacted tribes.”
“- I mean, that's what's so arresting. You read like For Whom the Bell Tolls. And, you know, "The air was crisp, and the water was”
“"Write me The Jungle Book, but make it sound like Cormac McCarthy wrote it." And it'll be like, "The jungle was dark and stern, and the boy was..." You know?”