It is inevitable that traditional cultures will be lost as technology develops. Technology and traditional cultures are incompatible. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?

Some people believe that technological developments lead to the loss of

tradtional

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traditional

cultures. I

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completely

agree with

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assertion;

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it may be true in the case of societies, others seem to be

uneffected

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unaffected

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technology and the modern world.

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, the advances in technology that have driven

indrustrialisation

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industrialisation

industrialization

in developed countries have certainly contributed to the disappearance of

traditonal

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traditional

ways of life.

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, in pre-industrial

Britain

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, generations of families grew up in the same small village

communities

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. These

communities

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had a strong sense of identity,

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their shared customs and beliefs.

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, developments in transport, communications and manufacturing led to the dispersal of families and village

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as people moved to the cities in search of work. Nowadays most British villages are inhabited by commuters, many of whom do not know their closest neighbours.

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, in some parts of the world traditional cultures still thrive. There are tribes in the Amazon Rainforest,

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, that have been completely untouched by the technological developments of the developed world. These tribal

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continue to hunt and gather food from the forest, and traditional skills are passed on to children by parents and elders. Other traditional cultures,

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as farming

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in parts of Africa, are embracing communications technologies. Mobile phones give farmers access to information, from weather predictions to market prices, which helps them to prosper and

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supports their culture. In conclusion, many traditional ways of life have been lost

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of advances in technology, but other traditional

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have survived and even flourished.