blog 2 (11-2-11)

There are patterns in history. A constant factor that has appeared in history is the fact that one human can make a difference, big or small, negative or positive, still a difference. It is obvious that individual leaders have had an impact on their followers. One man's idea, invention, or push to a revolution changes history. Great men and women change the course of history and they will continue to do so no matter what society is like, because humans have an inclination to admire and envy other people and their ideas. In other words, you always want to push yourself because you know there are always those people who are better than you, and those people influence you and you want to follow them which is why that is one pattern in history. Another pattern is that history is completely random. Environmentally history is completely unpredictable because natural disasters and the way our ecosystem reacts is something we have never been able to fully predict in the past and will never be able to completely prepare for. It depends a lot on the situation of the land a disaster is about to hit, and the after-effects which come with that. Additionally, we do not know when someone will come up with the next epoch invention or cure to a disease, and history unfolds itself slowly, we just have to be patient. Another pattern in world history is the fact that things move from simple to more complex. We keep gaining knowledge and though this knowledge might distract us from other things, we will never loose all of this knowledge and technological advancements that we have gained. There is continuously a better and more efficient way of accomplishing a job, and it will only get more rapid and more complex as the world continues to evolve. Something else that is a pattern in history is that there have seemingly always been systems within cultures. What I mean by that is when a civilization or a group is developed, there is always further divisions and "sections within those sections." For example, a civilization was formed and then within that there was a religious group, and within that religious group there was a racial group, and within than racial group was a middle class (soceoeconimical class) group, and within that group was a family, and within that family were the gendered groups, etc. Not only are things constantly getting more specific and more detailed, but the competition between groups of different people, as well as the similarities and unity amongst our nations is becoming more apparent. Something that is visible in all of history is the idea of economics. Not only does the amount of money one family have affect that specific family, it affects the economy and statistics in the world as whole. Money means a lot whether we like it or not because our economic status determines how we maneuver throughout our lives, and make important decisions. There are clear patterns in history, and one major one is the idea of change in general.