The internet might bring far-flung cultures into virtual proximity, but as your encounters with the Evenki demonstrate, bridging the gap between experiencing a culture digitally and truly understanding it through lived experience requires more than a mere internet connection. You note the interconnectedness within Evenki society, a characteristic often missing from our hyper-individualized, digitized lives.

Your journey serves as a poignant reminder that venturing beyond the "global village" into the "global forest" of diverse, lived experiences offers a richer, albeit more challenging, path to understanding ourselves and the world around us. Your decision to return not once, but twice, underscores the transformative power of embracing these raw, unfiltered encounters, prompting a critical examination of our own electronically mediated reality.

Our responsibility lies in shaping our own authentic experiences, for we are condemned to be free and to bear the full weight of our choices, in the face of the meaningless abyss of existence.