Love, Death, and Other Forgotten Traditions

While I agree that we would do well to take some lessons from these people, one big difference between Shiuar and Western families is that Western families have switched from r-selection to k-selection - fewer babies treated as precious, fragile things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory.

It was common in the past to have a LOT of children (and not only due to lack of anticonceptive methods), much like Shiuar, and not to name children younger than 2 years (to try and not become attached) and half of them dying before their 1st year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_in_medieval_England

wealthy people become detached from each other and attached to objects. comfort and convenience are hard itches not to scratch; but the evolutionary mechanism which got us here swings the pendulum back towards the same type of group adaptation.

when information completely replaces food humans will be hunter gatherers again, that period won't last long (my personal hope, it could last millions of years!?) as great civilizations and empires will rise with the "new truth", expansion, border wars, dynasties, we've told this story already.

the animating force of human beings does not require a biological body (this is probably true for all living creatures), it requires a strategic approach, driven by flexibility and unreliable narration. should the process itself ever be completely understood, there is a high likelihood that a species would decide to terminate itself due to the inherent cruelty and stupidity of being alive, originally our emotional bias and presently our curiosity ensures we won't fall into that bottleneck.

in the short term, modern individualism will die the death of one thousand cuts. it's good in theory, in practice it makes people miserable. nobody aged 0-12 or 25-99 wants to be alone, wanderlust is a pollination mechanism, and that wind only has to blow you to the next tribe.