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Are you sure that's not caused by something else, like having a single language used by more than 300 million people, instead of 24 official languages [1], each
by T-A 6y ago
Are you sure that's not caused by something else, like having a single language used by more than 300 million people, instead of 24 official languages [1], each used by, at most, tens of millions?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Unio...
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoThere are huge variations in the number of tech unicorns across Europe, uncorrelated to population size. See Sweden or Netherlands. Not saying it isn’t an advantage, but other factors are much more important. Unicorns per capita[0], top three: Estonia Sweden Denmark [0] https://medium.com/quack-ventures/european-startup-ranking-per-capita-and-per-gdp-be6a3a0ae04c https://medium.com/quack-ventures/european-startup-ranking-p...
- rbecker 6y agoThat can't be it. As we all know, diversity is strength, so it follows the US is harmed, not helped, by having a single language.