Introduction
Over the ages, the social system has undergone a significant transformation. Compared to the lives our ancestors led generations ago, today’s everyday lives are very different. According to Bryceson, a modern industrialized community has only recently emerged, having evolved from agrarian communities fewer than 5.000 years back (128). There are a lot of significant differences, but the primary differences are in technology and societal and political characteristics.
Societal and Political Characteristics
In the past centuries, power was dependent on blood and was naturally democratic. Communities interacted with one another with social togetherness as the rule of hospitality. Everything was debatable in face-to-face interactions where unanimity was crucial, and family mattered (Bryceson 131). This differs from modern 21st-century daily life as governance is more centralized and less democratic. The modern world lacks a community spirit, it is inauthentic, distant, and predetermined in every way, and most families are divided.
Technology
Quietness was typical in a period before computers, cell phones, cars, and the various alarms and disturbances of today’s world. According to Zambon et al., the use of physical work in farmland was drastically decreased by the invention of equipment that could plow, sow, and reap; thus, there were fewer rural occupations (36). As a result, culture became more urbanized, and fertility rates decreased since fewer large families were required to tend the fields.
Conclusion
Although most people in the 21st century certainly believe that the newest gadgets encourage cultural transformation, technology is not just a thing of the present. Hunting and gathering societies appeared to deteriorate when they transitioned to agrarian societies, although the later shift to contemporary industrial societies brought about improvements. A globally connected world is quickly replacing this industrialized culture today. The differences between the two periods have had a positive impact on my life. I believe that life is improving as the world grows to more modern ways of living.
Works Cited
Bryceson, Deborah Fahy. “Transnational Families and Neo-Liberal Globalisation: Past, Present and Future”. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 12, no. 2, 2022, pp. 120-138.
Zambon, Ilaria, et al. “Revolution 4.0: Industry vs. Agriculture in a Future Development for SMEs”. Processes, vol. 7, no. 1, 2019, pp. 36-40.