For 40 years, this Russian family was cut of from all human contact

For 40 years, this Russian family was cut of from all human contact(smithsonianmag.com)

32 points by 66d8kk 12 years ago | 8 comments

js2 12 years ago |

Previous (very active) discussion - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5134023

diminish 12 years ago | |

I'm getting old on HN; some stories are repeating and repeating, and there was an XKCD about it, it's repeating too and I'm repeating myself too, ohh I'm getting old on HN...

onion2k 12 years ago |

At some point in the relatively near future, with the proliferation of Earth monitoring from space, it'll be possible to 'see' the impact of every person on our planet, even if they're just a few people living hundreds of miles away from everyone else. We're getting to the stage where every square metre is photographed on a regular basis, we're getting space-based streaming video platforms (eg urthecast.com), and presumably commercial IR spectrum monitoring is either already there or coming soon.

It's actually heartening that this sort of story, eventually, won't really be able to happen any more.

acuozzo 12 years ago | |

> It's actually heartening that this sort of story, eventually, won't really be able to happen any more.

I think it's unfortunate.

What possibilities will exist for people who may want (or may need!) to live a life outside of the societies of man?

frncscgmz 12 years ago |

In case you haven't seen it, Vice made and excellent documentary about Agafia's life in Siberia.

It's a sad yet inspiring story, I highly recommend it for anyone interested.

Heres the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt2AYafET68

cellover 12 years ago |

The book by Vassili Peskov is really interesting and gives lots of detail about their lives there: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Taiga-Fifty-Year-Religious-Wilder...

cincinnatus 12 years ago |

Living the libertarian idyll.

icebraining 12 years ago |

(2013)