Modern Technology

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Craig Clark wrote:
> Reminds me of a photograph way back in a 1970s _National Geographic_, 
> showing an Inuit hunkered down in his igloo for the night, playing 
> with a battery-operated motor-racing track. One of the strangest and 
> saddest photos I have seen.
> Craig Clark

While it is very tempting to decry the "pollution" of native peoples by
modern technology (whether in the polar regions or tropical rain forests
or wherever), and while I often fall prey to that temptation, the fact is
that generally these peoples _want_ TVs and t-shirts and computers when
they see them.  Who are we to tell them no, you shouldn't have them,
because we like you just the way you are?
	Steve