How do the children play?

[zyzyly]

In my seemingly never-ending quest to complete the myriad studies I have undertaken, I am taking a course in ethics. As I was reading the assignment for this week, ame across a very interesting description of a culture in Central Africa. I hardly ever actually read the assignments, because it is generally a waste of time, but this book is really quite good, and has captured my interest. Here's what it has to say about the Ik tribe.

"The Ik acknowledge no moral or social obligation to anyone or anything. At age 3, children are put out of their parents' huts and thereafter sleep in the open, rain or shine. To survive, they gather in bands and form temporary alliances which are betrayed whenever convinience dictates."

Doesn't that sound just like Big Brother?