Can’t Live Without It

August 1, 2008 by Jay Taber.

In the present era of networks and netwars, think tanks like the Center for World Indigenous Studies function much like tribal protector societies, only on a global scale. Guarding against toxic ideas that can lead humanity astray, associations of scholars affiliated with these intellectual repositories and networks of activists relying on these learning centers serve to inoculate societies against panic and despair.

Without the foundational knowledge mediated and ancient understanding promoted by such independent research organizations, communities worldwide are at the mercy of the relentless onslaught of destructive concepts deployed by anti-democratic markets and institutions.

For those committed to the development of creative solutions and constructive resolutions, the continuity and flourishing of aboriginal academic resources is absolutely essential. The modern world simply can’t live without it.

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