Quote Originally Posted by Remiferia View Post
The 'most correct' solutions in the RoS were always the ones that didn't innovate on traditions at all.
The developers wanted to shoehorn in a story about how traditions and cultures should be respected and have hidden strengths and a raison d'etre.

But you're right that throughout the story it has gone so far that we take objectively more inefficient solutions because it's "tradition" over Koana's innovative solutions. The tradition is not merely important. It's portrayed as superior to science.

That kind of mentality is also why we have people eating traditional herbal remedies for tuberculosis and then dying because they refuse to see a doctor.

A more mature story will explore the tension between tradition and innovation, how innovation harms culture and how culture stops people from living a better life. There is no objectively superior choice when it comes to tradition and innovation. But of course, the story is written for 4 year olds so we can't have any of that nuanced discussion as it will fry the two remaining neurons of the intended audience.