Culture preservation

We often hear of people promoting the need to preserve and promote our traditional cultures. While things of the past are indeed the bulding blocks of the present us, it is change, progress and embrace of new ideas and thoughts that brought us to where we are today. To stick in olden traditions without surveying and scrutinizing them will only lead to uninformed decisions.

I'm not saying that it is not important to conserve our culture. But to what extent should we be conserving it? To the extent of sacrificing modern technological developments that make the world an easier place for us to survive and live in?

Some people worry that modern developments will ruin and destroy our culture. But think about it, isn't modern developments making our current culture? A world with lesser bounderies and better understanding of each other - This is our modern culture.