Journal #7

7. If you could introduce one new idea or material thing to a primitive culture, what would it be?

A new technology that is very common here in the united states and other countries around the world that i would like to introduce to a primative culture if i had the oppurutniy would be cell phones. In a culture like africa where most people are seperated from time through because of war, hunting, or any other reason it is difficult for them to reunite again or to find eachother again. And people in africa also done have access to technology. Another example is the incan empire which relied on roads and messangers to communicate with eachother through a long distance. It takes a long time to just send messages over to eachother through messages and it would be much easier and faster if cell phones were introduced for the incans to communicate. Cell phones in my opinion are the most useful technological invention, besides the car that has been introduced. There wouldnt be a need to send people over long distances for communication. By calling somebody it would be easier to have a direct communication with him/her instead of waiting for a period of time to communicate with the person. In war torn countries in africa its very sad that families get seperated because of a war and never get to see eachother again. If cell phones where available for everybody then it would be possible for family members to see eachother again and not lose communication. Cell phones just make communication easier and would help people contact each other. So if i could introduce a new invention to a primative culture i would introduce the cell phone.