The Importance Of Culture

Culture is always changing and it defines an individual’s every day life. Everyone experiences culture differently, which it is why it is difficult to give a definitive definition. The simplest way to define culture is as, an experiences that shapes a person’s worldview. Some of the different factors that shape culture are race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, religion, age, education and geographical location. Culture is not static; it is spread amongst societies and embraced in different ways. Learning about someone’s cultural experience is the key to learning about that person and truly getting to know them because their culture defines who they are.

It is always interesting to meat someone for the first time because the curiosity of who they are is always there. One of the first questions asked in hopes of learning about the person is “where are you from”. Asking this is normal in the United States and it would appear to give a lot of useful information about the individual in question but it reality does not. Figuring out where a person comes from only provides information about his or her society. A society is a group of people who are brought together by common interests including culture. Figuring out a person’s cultural background is much more insightful because it will provide information about his or her upbringings, beliefs and worldview.

Culture is important because it defines the way a person acts and thinks. For instance, two American men, one from the West Cost and the other from the Midwest, both are male and both are American but they will have different definitions of the “American” culture. The reason why there are different cultures is because the essence of a culture is spread at different rates. Some societi...

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...forcing their dominance. The advancement in technology only helped Europe spread their culture. When Europeans were exposed to technology that allowed them to travel across the ocean and navigate across the ocean their world view changed. They were able to explore lands they did not know existed and spread their ideas.

Culture is an important part of society because it is what determines the way people will react to certain things. It would be beneficial if Diamond were to include a section of culture as well as geography in his book. Diamond might not think that culture is important and that it has not shaped todays world but it is the most important part of the world. Do to different cultures people around the world experience life differently. The spread of culture has impacted many societies. It has changed the way people do things around the world.