A disconnected Internet has always been the case just from the perspective of language alone. Only something like 15-20% of the world's population can speak any

A disconnected Internet has always been the case just from the perspective of language alone. Only something like 15-20% of the world's population can speak any English, and only approximately 4-5% of the world's population speak English as a first language.[1] I'm sure reading and writing skills are much worse than these figures. English language skills are generally poor across Asia, Africa and the Middle East and it is Asia and Africa touted to contain the overwhelming bulk of the world's population by 2050. These English language skills are improving in some countries, but stagnant or declining in many others, with regional languages predicted to play an increasing role due to changing stances on globalisation.[2] If the Internet was viewed as waning (along with globalisation), the lack of cross-language and cross-cultural communication tools would surely have to be a key or largest contributor. If you asked an average person in Pakistan to use the Internet to find the location of the closest shop selling beds near Buena Vista, Colorado, could they do it? If you asked an average person in America to use the Internet to determine whether a pharmacy in Langtang, Nigeria could sell them a common medication whilst on a tourist trip, could they do it? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers#Ethnologue_(2022,_25th_edition) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_num... [2] https://www.ef.com/assetscdn/WIBIwq6RdJvcD9bc8RMd/cefcom-epi-site/reports/2022/ef-epi-2022-english.pdf https://www.ef.com/assetscdn/WIBIwq6RdJvcD9bc8RMd/cefcom-epi...