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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese#1981_wreck_of_MV_Primrose
TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months.
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I once met the widow of a man killed by isolated indigenous people of the Amazon basin. It was one of the more interesting evenings I spent on that trip abroad. Such encounters are quite rare for obvious reasons.
So if the Sentinelese are going to use the scrap metal to make tools and weapons does that count as a technological revolution, sort of like entering the iron age?
How advanced do they need to become to lose the “primitive isolated people” label?
Bring out the nighttime drone show making a giant gods face screaming crying blood 🩸
And this might just be my speculation, but I wonder if they recognized that they and the workers were both there for the same thing, and kinda respected them on that level. Like, “oh you’re just here for the scrap metal. Cool, us too.”