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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: Leaving people disconnected from the rest of the world is tragic, not beautiful

This is in response to a post that hit my front page today. Throughout the comments, people talk about how cool it is that these people behave in basically the same way as their Neolithic ancestors, and how they “chose” this life and it is beautiful in its own way.

What I think these redditors are neglecting is the fact that is not an informed choice. These islanders aren’t choosing some idyllic isolated life over the hustle and bustle of modern existence. They are choosing what they know over a scary unknown.

Meanwhile these islanders suffer all the lovely problems of the Stone Age, like enormous maternal mortality rates, children making it to adulthood less often than not, easily treatable problems likes appendicitis being death sentences. If the islanders actually understood their decision, would they make it as they do currently?

Edit: changes to my view so far:

The status quo remains because it’s very hard, if even possible, to change it. Problems like how to morally introduce modern society without tearing down what is already there and causing harm are difficult to solve and would require incredibly gradual solutions, no instant “hey guys here’s a smart phone” revelations.

However, I’ve not been convinced by the “good old days” arguments or the idea that if presented fairly modernization would be turned down by most of the tribesmen. Feel free to debate that with me further.
gpt
> If the islanders actually understood their decision, would they make it as they do currently?

This can NEVER be a truly informed decision.  How can any amount of information bridge the gap between the Stone Age and quantum computing in order to allow someone to make a truly informed decision about whether or not to join the modern world?