• Izzy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think this abides by the idea of this post, but I would standardize language across the world. Whether it is an existing language or a new language doesn’t really matter or maybe a mix of the biggest existing languages.

    I remember reading a book where in the future everyone spoke a combination of English and Chinese. They seem pretty incompatible though.

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      1 year ago

      It’s such an interesting idea, isn’t it? Theres a lot to gain but also, a language can mean a lot to people: identity, community, history. If we’re at A, I can look ahead and see the benefits of getting to Z, but I have no idea what all happens in between.

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      1 year ago

      Gonna have to disagree there.

      Each language is a culture and each is special, different from every other, and removing or transforming them changes that.