Comparative Culture

The modern pop culture seems much influenced by the many things people see, especially in this 21^st century, whether if it’s from what we see on television or the behaviors from different social groups, people are drastically changing in behavior, lifestyle and attitude.  In today’s society, we can say that we are more educated with the copious number of tangible resources and sources such as the Internet, newspaper and media that reflect today’s society.  The technological advancements play a huge role in our culture as well.  People in the 21^st depend on technology to make their lives more safe and convenient, but then again, isn’t that what technology is all about?  From constructing monuments, establishing a plan, or creating a design, there are many cultures that use technology for those purposes.  In comparison to the ancient Egyptian culture, technology helped build their beautiful, breath-taking pyramids.  The tools they used were primarily made of bronze, until they discovered iron to be more durable and strong.  They also figured out ways to mobilize heavier objects by using levers, rollers and ramps.  Of course, with many people working on the pyramids, they can work without tools and still get the job done, but the convenience of technological tools and ideal design, the work can be done in a more a faster and orderly fashion.  Heavy objects include the boxes for tools, stones and rocks.  It’s because of these very hard stones and rocks, the pyramids and many monumental structures, such as the Incredible Statues of Ramses II, still stand today for over 4000 years.  As I was doing my research, I stumbled upon a couple documentaries on YouTube pertaining to ancient Egyptian architecture and technological advancements.  For one thing, the stones that were used to build these structures were diorite and granite, the toughest stones on the face of this earth, anything that is past that is diamond stones themselves.  So you can imagine what the ancient Egyptians used to carve and chisel these stones and the amount of work they spent on perfecting measurements.  In comparison to the 21^st century, our culture is very fast pace to change.  It is out with the old and in with the new.  Buildings and foundations are dismantled every so often to meet the sociocultural standards.  Furthermore, the technological measurements used to build structures were truly amazing.  If you notice each statue that’s built is perfectly symmetrical, not so much on the body, but the head and face.  The Egyptians took much consideration and emphasized the face to be perfect, in honor to their powerful and highly respected rulers.  Ultimately, technology mirrors the art of any culture.  From the ancient Egyptians with their mysterious machinery to establish such breathe-taking monuments to modern pop culture’s research of new technology, there is no doubt that technology will never die.  In fact, it will expand into something unimaginable.  

- James Kang