The following is an excerpt from Nick Kristof’s new travel series, Contemplations, which is running exclusively in the Sunday edition of the New York Times. This week, Nick is spending some time in the Peruvian Andes.
On the third day of my journey, I met a local goatherder named Amaru, whose wisdom and humility nearly moved me to tears. Amaru’s lifestyle is profoundly unlike my own, and yet, despite our differences, I felt instantly that we shared a human connection of exactly the sort that we will need if we are to solve the most pressing problems facing our planet.
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