Tibet, the Dalai Lama, Feudalism, Slavery, and the Great Game

Yancho Sabev / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

If you’re interested in Tibet and the Dalai Lama, this is what seems like essential knowledge.

1. Why do I care?

I have a ludicrous obsession with truth. I don’t mind when my friends joke about it: I know that being nice is more important than knowing the truth, and I’m much fonder of ignorant people who care for others than I am of…