there is a huge number of cultures in the old world that preserve ....chunks....of there ancient practices.....maps, and the internet only reach so far, and the

there is a huge number of cultures in the old world that preserve ....chunks....of there ancient practices.....maps, and the internet only reach so far, and the planet is full of mountainous and other terrain that leads off into dead end ish, areas, vast dead end ish areas, where things muddle along as best they can, roads and other infrastructure are absent, unreliable, or seasonal. The real key for these groups survival is to have nothing that anybody wants directly, or more unfortunate to happen to live on top of something that can be exracted like oil or gold. Right now there is a two way disruption happening with technology (phones,solar,etc) that is drawing people out of there remote areas, but also bringing benifits that make life much easier, simply light at night, and the ability to market there goods to the world. Herders on the mongolian steps, bought up ex soviet all terrain ICBM missle carriers and turned them into mobile base camps, bristling with solar and satelite links. The Tuareg are still doing there thing, but again taking advantage of heavy all terrain trucks and instant messaging. At the other end of the spectrum there are the Amish, resolutly staying put and maintaining there culture, with just a calculated adaptation to modern technologys....there kin, the menonites living something like nomads.