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A thousand years ago human populations were memetically isolated by geography. That changed somewhat with the printing press, but the internet puts us all in t
by stickfigure 3y ago
A thousand years ago human populations were memetically isolated by geography. That changed somewhat with the printing press, but the internet puts us all in the same meme sphere.
There are only 330 million English speakers in the United States, of the 1.5-2 billion worldwide. Yellowstone could kill everyone in North America and English would still be the most common language on Earth.
- fooker 3y agoThe amount of new movies, literature, and similar cultural artifacts matter here, not the absolute number of people who understand a language right now. Language comprehension stats can change in as little as one generation.