IMO, learning about non-Western craft traditions and styles can open our mind in terms of how we view and understand aesthetics. Many places have great traditions; they are just not covered enough in Western European and North American media.

I actually think the internet being plagued by cheap "5 minute hacks!" imitation videos was all worth it if their existence exampled to people living in the third world how to explain extremely cheap technology improvements they use to each other and improve each others living conditions even in a marginal way. Languageless transfer of the cheapest technologies