WK 5.1 Sociocultural Evolution - Hanane Ben Abdeslam

The sociocultural evolution theory, describes how cultures and societies change constantly. It traces processes that tend to increase the complexity of a society or culture. Moreover, it also considers process that can lead to decrease in degeneration. According to the reading, sociocultural evolution is the process by which structural reorganization is affected through time, eventually producing a form or structure which is different from the ancestral form. Evolution operates through a number of key stages, that need to be performed successfully for the process to be effective. Through this process of evolution, sociocultural systems can develop to exhibit greater complexity as the parts become both more differentiated and interdependent within the whole.

What I find interesting, is to note that evolution is not something that only happens to dinosaurs and monkeys, it is a pervasive phenomenon in our world. It is a process of development for any type of adaptive systems. Within this world of evolution, there is no right or wrong, good or bad, there is only really survival and adaption. With survival, I mean being able to effectively intercept and transform resources with some environment. And by adaption, I meant being able to alter your state so as to be able to continue performing this function when the input values from the environment change. 

Do you think it is complex to enable the systems to operate sustainability in a broader environment, as we have gone from local patterns of organization within simpler communities to the emerging global society of today?

Hanane Ben Abdeslam

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