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Different languages and scripts don’t just convey information, they shape the speaker and reader.[1] Sure, there’s value in a shared communication language (and

Different languages and scripts don’t just convey information, they shape the speaker and reader.[1] Sure, there’s value in a shared communication language (and International English[2] is well on the way to being that), but that mostly communicative medium doesn’t capture everything that language is. [1] https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shape... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English

sametmax 7y ago
I know. And I believe it's ok to lose that too. We will develop different ways of thinking or improve the language we use. I don't think there is anything in what we currently have that can compare to a united humanity. And this only can happen if we all can understand each others.
- keiferski 7y ago
  Why does everyone speaking one language somehow result in a united humanity? Plenty of countries speak English and yet there is zero desire or movement to unite them. Language is but one aspect of culture and unfortunately one result of widespread English usage is the destruction of local cultures by Western, specifically American consumeristic, culture. I also don't particularly see the usefulness or relevance of everyone speaking one language for the overwhelming majority of people. Do a Chilean farmer, a Mongolian oil worker, and an American programmer need to communicate with each other on a regular basis? And if they did, would this be worth replacing thousands of years of local culture and language?