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Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by Pica_soO on Sunday March 26, 2017 @09:29AM (#13960682)
Why introduce to modern society at all? Keep them around as a fresh start, should singularity or environmental collapse make that necessary?
Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by bayesian_horse on Sunday March 26, 2017 @11:14AM (#13961167)
It's not about "introducing them to modern society", but rather to establish contact and communication. Maybe learn something about them, and being able to help when a disaster strikes the island.

A population of 50-500 individuals must be extremely fragile, even if they survived on that island for so long. They could become infected through anything, even bird excrement or something, also tsunamis or other bad weather. It would be helpful to respond to a crisis.