In the film Guns, Germs, and Steel professor Diamond of UCLA goes into foreign countries investigating universal inequality. According to Diamond, geography and the environment play a role in the gaps between cultural growths amongst developed and developing countries. The early developments and geography of these countries have a major impact on the technological advancements, or lack thereof in different nations today. Diffusion of technology is defined by Volti (2010) as “the processes through which they spread from their initial sources into homes, factories, offices, and so forth, (p.75)” he also states that, “technology does not flow from one country or system to another like water through a pipe” (p.79).The spreading of technology across different countries over the years through diffusion does not help individual countries become more affluent. Instead, individual countries are still fighting for a better country to call home. The geography and environment of these different nations around the world has caused problems in modern times involving health issues and the standard of living; however, other issues may be the underlying problem for the lack of technological diffusion across cultures.
Although every individual has the equal likelihood of becoming ill, other nations face a higher risk of surviving things such as the common cold or the flu. Across the globe, other counties do not have the technology nor live in a stable environment in order to fight off certain diseases and illnesses that take the lives of many of their people every day. The issue of inequality amongst cultures affects the health of the individuals living in different locations. Many countries face high mortality rate based on their lack of medical...
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...of its prosperity. Every nation has its own possibility of succeeding based on its wealth and standards as well as by the strength of the individuals that live there. No one individual country is destined to be superior of another based on its geography and the environment in which it occupies.
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