The Best Path for Developing Countries to Take Is to Build on Their Own Traditions and Utlise Appropriate Technology, Rather Than Adopting More Modern Ideas, Values and Technologies.

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THE BEST PATH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO TAKE IS TO BUILD ON THEIR OWN
TRADITIONS AND UTLISE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, RATHER THAN ADOPTING MORE
MODERN IDEAS, VALUES AND TECHNOLOGIES.
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“The less developed nations need technology to help them solve many of their awesome problems. But often intermediate technology should be used by them rather than the high technology of the industrialized nations” (Seitz & Hite, 2012, p.229). The question, what kind of technology is appropriate or intermediate for developing countries, has afflicted both developing and developed countries for many years. On one side, “technology has benefited human beings in countless ways, and its use is largely responsible for the high living standards in the industrialized nations” (Seitz & Hite, 2012, p.228). On the other side, some technologies applied by developing countries in many fields lead to unexpected negative results and consequences on human society and environment people depend on in…