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Overall, I disagree with the opinion expressed; I would like
to begin by pointing out that ‘traditional skills and ways of life’ are not
automatically of one country, but of a culture or community.
In many ways, the history of civilization is the history of
technology: from the discovery of fire to the invention of the wheel to the
development of the Internet we have been moving on from previous ways of doing
things. Some technologies, such as weapons of mass destruction, are of negative
impact. Others, such as medical advances, positively help people to live better
or longer, and so very much help traditional ways of life. Surely, few people
would seek to preserve such traditions as living in cavesl.
Interestingly, technology can positively contribute to the
keeping alive of traditional skills and ways of life. For example, the
populations of some islands are too small to have normal schools. Rather than
breaking up families by sending children to the mainland, education authorities
have been able to use the Internet to deliver schooling online. In addition,
the Internet, and modern refrigeration techniques, are being used to keep alive
the traditional skills of producing salmon; it can now be ordered from, and
delivered to, anywhere in the world.
In conclusion, without suggesting that all technology is
necessarily good, I think it is by no means ‘pointless’, in any way, to try to
keep traditions alive with technology. We should not ignore technology, because
it can be our friend and support our way of life.
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