Ladakhi language

There was no need to prove yourself.

There was no need to prove I'm important, I'm smart, I'm rich, I'm...

And that lightness of being, that ease and the humor, it was really... remarkable and then of course to be right there and to see the various steps of the modern global system erode that well-being and change people and turn young people particularly into exactly the opposite was a very very dramatic experience very painful But I immediately was actively trying to counter it, both in terms of my communication with the Ladakhis and the outside world.

Let's unpack that a bit because I find this really fascinating.

You're describing a community who are what we would describe as subsistence model of living, so quite a simple way of life.