The Benefits Of Globalization

Globalization is not a modern concept. Although exuberated during the digital revolution of the 1980’s, the beneficial interconnection of completely different societies and people has been present before the written word. Humans are social creatures and tend to reach out and interact with others more than any other mammal. In the world’s current state, this connection has never been stronger. Almost every person on this Earth is affected by globalization, either in a negative or a positive way. These effects can be seen from the things we buy to the culture around us. It is impossible to call globalization inherently bad or good. Western countries reap most of the benefits of modern globalization, while third world countries see their cultures

Before man learned to farm their own food, this connection was close to nonexistent. Steger states that contact between the “thousands” of hunter and gatherer tribes was “geographically limited” and “largely coincidental” (Steger 22). This is because since these tribes were constantly migrating for food and resources, they were never able to establish stable relations with other tribes. Steger calls these migratory movements of humans the “great divergence”. This divergence plays a big role in the later phases of globalization because it diversifies human societies, meaning different tribes have what others need and vice versa. The great divergence comes to a stall after man learns to farm. Since only a few people needed to work on getting food, others could focus on other things, such as inventing. This resulted in technological advancements such as the wheel, the plough, and the written word. “The importance of these inventions for the strengthening of globalization should be obvious”, as Steger puts it (Steger 24). These instrumental inventions drove more and more advancements which helped societies like the Chinese and Roman empires to form. The Silk Road connected these behemoths. It was one of the

It has been proven that the effects of globalization are “life threatening for life on our planet” (Steger 92). Since the industrial revolution, oil consumption has gone up quite fast. Since the beginning of modern globalization, however, it has gone up exponentially, while the “the scale, speed, and depth of Earth environmental decline have been unprecedented” (Steger 93). The careless attitude the world has had about pollution is finally catching up to