Blog Post 1

Before taking this class, I haven't dived too deeply under the topic of globalization. However, after pondering throughout this week, I realized that globalization has a great influence over my life. A great example of globalization would be the dramatic improvements of our medical history. Looking back a few centuries, the health conditions of quite a number of people weren't so great. Their lifespan was a lot shorter in comparison to our lives in the present. Medical procedures are more sanitary and safe for the patient than it was back then. About half a year ago, I got into an accident, which resulted in a deep cut on my leg. The wound was a minor injury, but needed to be surgically treated in a hospital before a possible infection would have a chance of occurring. I'm not going to go into further detail about the operation due to respect of those who might get nauseous over surgical procedures and details, but I came out of the hospital perfectly healthy with the exception of my leg recovering. This proved to me how globalization has improved the world in this sense. If globalization had not improved the world's medical procedure, things might have turned for the worst after the operation.