what do you feel when you hear about tribes living all alone in the jungles away from civilization?
such as: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1022822/Incredible-pictures-Earths-uncontacted-tribes-firing-bows-arrows.html

These people have never met outsiders. I just find it so fascinating that there are people in this day and age of technology and rapid communication, who still live as if it was 1000 years earlier.. it’s almost like going back into the past.

Evolutionary dead-ends. I feel sorry for tribes that havent even discovered adobe yet. Many generations of suffering and death when there could have been simple remedies. Not to sound insulting, but do you want to feed them knowledge and culture? If they can handle it, so be it. But perhaps they are that way for a reason – a genetic limitation – that you dont want to welcome into the world gene-pool via "domestication"

I respect their cultures though. Dont get me wrong, I have personally adopted the Star Treks "Prime Directive". I dont agree with meddling in or altering anothers culture, particularly if they are weak minded and easily swayed by the prospects of positive change. Its sad when a culture dies, becomes extinct. I myself am part Native American, but I know nothing of that part of my heritage. I respect diversity, I respect history… and we should learn from the mistakes of history… and I respect the sanctity and purity of an untouched culture. Unfortunately, there is no way to fully learn the culture without submersing ones self… and that requires interaction… and with interaction, a loss of purity occurs. Really, its best never to discover the tribe exists than to know about it and let our thirst for knowledge corrupt it.

In some ways those cultures are exotic. In some ways romanticized. There is honor in the savage, or so they say. But I wouldnt want my offspring and descendents to be a part of it, knowing nothing else. I expect a better life for them, and so I do see superiority in technological civilization… and the culture it breeds. We may envy their "simplicity"… they dont have to worry about money or vehicular accidents… but its not simple! They still have to worry about the powerful civilized people that could wipe them out, the neighboring tribe could wage war, the weather may destroy, the droughts may starve, the lions and tigers may ravage and kill. Could you sleep so well if every day was a test of survival? We civilized types may have nuclear bombs, but our civility also prevents us from using it. The neighboring tribe, on the other hand, could wage war because "the gods deemed it" (really the senile elder saw it in a delusion)… but hey, thats simple, right? You and I go to a restaurant or a grocery store to eat. Imagine being too hungry to hunt for the very food you need.

But then again, our culture is far from virtuous. We do not live in harmony with nature. Our arrogance destroys our world. Pollution, endangered species. Of course, crime, violence run rampant. Pornography is ignored, abortion is ignored. Far from virtuous.

Our greatest worry in life isnt survival… its whether or not our cause is heard. Whether or not our boss, our politicians, our society will yield to and conform to our opinions. Whether or not what we think is subjectively right will be adopted by all.

Id be willing to change their world if they formally asked. Its one thing to show yourself and be rejected by them. But what are the chances youd be rejected in every aspect? They would eagerly welcome chance, depending on how and what and why and what was expected in return. It would be rude and selfish to involve yourself for your sake, for your thirst of anthropological knowledge, without giving a little back. They will lose faith, respect, and courtesy with their scientific visitors after a while.

Its quite another thing to take it upon yourself not to show yourself, or to withhold knowledge… rationalized, self-righteously thinking you are doing them a favor by preserving their way of life. Our concerns for their cultural purity and preservation is trumped by our lack of concern for the individuals involved. Does it make sense to cut down the trees in order to save the forest?

It works both ways. Its irresponsible and immoral for us to withhold knowledge. And equally so for us to force it upon them. Whatever we do, the cultural bias must not be imposed, either.
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Pesumably they live in tune with the laws of nature and take no more than they need. Exemplary!
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How they are not missing a thing.
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I envy the simplicity of their lives. I once had an a chance to visit Batak Tribe here in Palawan. I was amazed of how they live a very simple lives until we encroached their ancestral lands. It is sad because they were forced to accept to live in a civilized society because they have no choice. They have nowhere else to go. Seeing and experiencing that, my realization is life can be simple but we choose to live in a very complicated world.
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Fascinated… excited. Thrilled there are people and things we haven’t discovered yet. In touch with the mystery of it all.

Awe.
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