Interesting, thanks. I tend to be a little skeptical of attempts to make "pure" forms of communication, because I think there are bound to be trade-offs, as in

Interesting, thanks. I tend to be a little skeptical of attempts to make "pure" forms of communication, because I think there are bound to be trade-offs, as in any engineering endeavour. I'd rather see schemes that are optimized for a particular purpose. What would a language oriented toward scientific and technical communication be like? How would currencies designed for ecommerce work? How would a calendar for global organizations work?