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What do you mean by "amount of original content": English has lots of native speakers and is the official language of many countries, and I admit the amount of
by xwolfi 4y ago
What do you mean by "amount of original content": English has lots of native speakers and is the official language of many countries, and I admit the amount of stuff we publish in French is smaller (albeit the quality or focus is very different and I cant find some angles of analysis in English that are trivial in French), I can't believe the quantity of Chinese output would be lower for instance: it's not the same quality and doesnt focus on the same subjects, but it's a lot of people talking and writing about lots of stuff, for a lot longer, no?
- causality0 4y agoI can't believe the quantity of Chinese output would be lower for instance: it's not the same quality and doesnt focus on the same subjects, but it's a lot of people talking and writing about lots of stuff, for a lot longer, no? You forget how impoverished the vast majority of Chinese speakers have been for the history of the printed word. The US by itself still publishes more original works every year than China, though it's a shrinking gap.