It is precisely because there is no escaping modern life that we need to take a lesson from the Pingpu Aborigines and maintain a high level of environmental awareness and public consciousness. We cannot just build more buildings, clear more land, cut down more forests, produce more goods, destroy more water resources, and introduce more viruses, thinking that modern medicine can fix whatever goes wrong.
或許，正因為現代生活使我們更無所逃於天地之間，我們才需要平埔人生活中隨時的環境警覺與公共意識，而不只是漢人先民光大族群生命的「篳路藍縷，以啟山林」，以致到處開荒，砍殺森林，大量生產，破壞水源，疫病流竄，再以醫學科技為手段彌補。