One of the things people are worried about is western style education. In the book Light at the Edge of the World, the author writes, “We send our children to school, and they forget everything. It’s the worst thing that ever happened to our people. They only know how to say ‘give me’. They don’t know how to say ‘I give to you’”, (156). This also shows how reciprocity has changed and people now are less willing to give to others without feeling that they need to be given something in return. Another fear is that in the future, we are going to become less and less diverse. In chapter 7 of Light at the Edge of the World, the author writes that the late Margaret Mead, who was an anthropologist was concerned that, “we are laying the foundations of a blandly amorphous and singularly generic modern culture that ultimately will have no rivals…. we might wake up one day and not even remember what had been lost,” (198-199). So as we moved from traditional cultures into a post industrial society, we lost some values and practices that were very important for
One of the things people are worried about is western style education. In the book Light at the Edge of the World, the author writes, “We send our children to school, and they forget everything. It’s the worst thing that ever happened to our people. They only know how to say ‘give me’. They don’t know how to say ‘I give to you’”, (156). This also shows how reciprocity has changed and people now are less willing to give to others without feeling that they need to be given something in return. Another fear is that in the future, we are going to become less and less diverse. In chapter 7 of Light at the Edge of the World, the author writes that the late Margaret Mead, who was an anthropologist was concerned that, “we are laying the foundations of a blandly amorphous and singularly generic modern culture that ultimately will have no rivals…. we might wake up one day and not even remember what had been lost,” (198-199). So as we moved from traditional cultures into a post industrial society, we lost some values and practices that were very important for