The author, John McWhorter, is a great guy to listen to. His TED talk[1] is interesting, his TED-Ed lessons[2] are even more interesting, and his "Story of Huma

The author, John McWhorter, is a great guy to listen to. His TED talk[1] is interesting, his TED-Ed lessons[2] are even more interesting, and his "Story of Human Language"[3] course is so enormously interesting and fun, I listen to it as entertainment when bored. [1] https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_la... [2] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ted+ed+john+mcwhorter https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ted+ed+john+mcw... [3] http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/story-of-human-language.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/story-of-human-langua...