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When a country develops its technology; the traditional skills and ways of
life die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
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 civilisation 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 traditional as living in caves!
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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发表于 2016-7-10 15:25:01