>"It’s already saved lives," Enoque Marubo, 40, stated.<p>I too would take the risk of getting addicted to Internet porn if it also means immediate access to authorities and medical personnel to treat venomous snake bites, etc. much sooner. This seems like an acceptable trade-off to me.
“Everyone is so connected that sometimes they don’t even talk to their own family.”<p>Powerful words, and am sure all of us has experienced this as well.<p>Is there ever going to be a solution or will it just continue worsening?
We’re upvoting links to NY Post now? This place is spiraling fast. Have a look at the author’s archive to get an idea of the level of journalism that just ended up on the front page:<p><a href="https://nypost.com/author/andrew-court/" rel="nofollow">https://nypost.com/author/andrew-court/</a>
> Flora Dutra, a Brazilian activist who works with indigenous tribes<p>This made it almost sound like the effort was led by an NGO but she's the co-founder of an investment company that claims to support "conservation efforts" in the rainforest and "connect indigenous communities". After digging a bit further into their website, this is what they say about ROI:<p>> We are committed to returning capital and giving 100% returns within 1 decade. With long-term returns of up to 300% within 25 years, for those who are seeking portfolio options. We are open to exclusivity agreements and long-term contracts linked to all project commodities (Offsets, ESG certified products, farming outputs, etc.)<p>So in other words they are less about "empowering indigenous communities" and more about opening up investment opportunities by privatizing indigenous land and resources.<p>In this light it's clear why Flora sees only positives in connecting Amazon tribes to the Internet: because it's a necessity for doing business with them.<p>That said, the article does bury the lede that the tribe was previously extremely prudish to the point of frowning on kissing in public. Not to defend pornography nor promote liberalism as a panacea but I wonder what role sexual repression plays in this story and to what degree it might lead to the social harm being overstated.
We’re probably way too early for it, but I expect there to be offline resorts in the future, or even entire living centers. The resort changes the connection you have to the networked world into a manageable one, by for example having a limited-use Internet cafe instead of personal cell phones. It’ll probably be a luxury too expensive for most people at first though.