Nowadays technological advances and their rapid and wide applications are having a significant impact on a natios traditional skills and ways of life. Some argue that such impact is so extraordinary that it would make conventional skills and life style obsolete. However, I believe they would continue to thrive by providing alternatives to modern ways of life and innovative ideas for modern technologies
First of all traditional skills and ways of life are becoming an alternative solution to the problems caused by bleifes ways of life which are greatly influenced by modern technologies For instance a cozy restaurant where traditional home brewed beer is served offers another experience to people who are bored with branded beers that have the same flavor and come out of mass production with new technologies It is in such a venue where traditional skills are preserved, people become relaxed and educated Providing diversity and thus enriching modern ways of life such traditional skills and ways of life would continue to have their place.
Furthermore conventional skills provide innovative ideas to the development of modern technologies For example sparkled by how the word (Love) is traditionally knitted into a sweater by some ethnic minority women in some parts of Asia some business managers from textile industry have developed some production lines by applying the traditional skills to Computer-Aided Designs (CAD). The products have boosted the compnys sales which in turn have increased their investment in preserving traditional skills for further developing their technologies.
