The First Technological

The First Technological Revolution and it's Lessons

Peter Drucker the author of "The First Technological Revolution," discusses the progression of technology and how it started out from a now simple notion of writing and has evolved into government, social class and institutions. Drucker shows his readers that the irrigation civilizations were more than just advanced kingdoms or empires, they were fully structured societies.  These large cities had fully established systems of living, crop rotation, irrigation, sewer, and an hierarchy of living. Drucker is trying to show us that it is because of these civilizations that we have had a blue print of how an society should be run.  It was frustrating for me to read this article because of how vague Drucker was, if I didn't already know about irrigation civilizations from history classes I would have been very irritated. I also found that is was hard for me to make the connection between our modern day life and that of a Mayan culture or city structure.  There is no doubt that irrigation civilizations were superior to that of other tribes in that time period, but relating it to present time is very hard.