That was filmed in 1976 - wonder where those kids all are now?
http://www.metafilter.com/104846/First-encounter#3774973Going more small scale, I'd much rather live in the first world than a neolithic village - living past 30, not having my head taken off in a tribal fight, having modern medical care and not having an infant mortality 10 times what it would be in a city (this is comparing PNG villages vs PNG modern cities, not the first world) - these are all good things.
Probably dead.