Zen is very good way to contemplate limitations of human nature. One of the limitations is very limited ability to learn languages. There are more than 5000 languages in the world and just extraordinary individuals are able to speak more than 10. And when I say "speak", my ru-2 is not counted.
Because of that genetically inherited disability, humans tend to learn one language common for the cultural context in which they live, which is called "lingua franca". With some pauses, from ~100BC to 1900 it was Latin in Western Europe. In Eastern and Central Africa it is Swahili. And today it is English in the world. Or at least on Internet. So, there are a couple of options: (1) Change gravitational constant locally with the aim to catapult all English language out of Earth. (2) Learn all languages of the world. (3) Invent new lingua franca and teach everybody to use it. Or just try Zen. It is not American, you are safe. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
