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I think that's underselling the west's post-WW2 influence and the amount of innovation that was fueled by a booming capitalist society that the entire world wan

by hbn 1y ago

I think that's underselling the west's post-WW2 influence and the amount of innovation that was fueled by a booming capitalist society that the entire world wanted to take part in. I'd say English's simple, non-accented latin characters being easy to represent mathematically was a happy coincidence.

gabrielgio 1y ago
> booming capitalist society that the entire world wanted to take part in. You can't be that naive. Not every country wanted and a lot of them were forced into.