• Nate Cox
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    11523 days ago

    Tribespeople became so addicted that Marubo leaders, fearing that history and culture — which is passed down orally — could be lost forever, they have now limited access to the internet for two hours each morning, five hours each evening, and all day Sunday.

    That is still so much internet, we would probably all be healthier following that guideline.

    • @rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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      4923 days ago

      I hope it inspires them to document their oral traditions in some way on the Internet. Most likely it would be a blog, but video documentation would be invaluable preservation

      • Instigate
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        722 days ago

        I would love for more of this work to be done in my country too - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have so much lore, history and knowledge that we’ve been losing with each passing generation due to the ongoing effects of colonialism. I agree that video is the most appropriate way to preserve oral traditions and knowledge, and that we should be creating massive publicly-accessible databases to store and view them.

  • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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    6623 days ago

    fearing that history and culture — which is passed down orally — could be lost forever

    Or they could just…write it down…on the internet…where many others around the world would also be able to learn about their history and culture.

    Also many of the elders literally echo what western elders have been saying about the young generation for a hundred years lmao

  • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    3323 days ago

    “But now, things have gotten worse. Young people have gotten lazy because of the internet, they’re learning the ways of the white people.”

    Shots fired

    The Marubo are a chaste tribe, who even frown upon kissing in public — but Alfredo Marubo (all Marubo use the same last name) said he is anxious that the arrival of the service …

    TIL

    “We’re worried young people are going to want to try it,” he said of the kinky sex acts they’ve suddenly been exposed to on screen.

    Well there were also bad parts to the story besides the ass eating

  • davel [he/him]
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    1823 days ago

    The New York Post in c/technology, or really anywhere but c/nottheonion?