CounterformMon, May 21, 2007 The shortcomings of language are everpresent. So often, language is more a barrier, than a transmitter. My first desire is that we arrive at a global tongue within the next 50 years... doesn't matter if it's English, Chinese, Espanol, and Ugandian.... as I believe language must endure the same natural selection, and evolve just like everything else does. And as a species, we really only need one to do the job. Just imagine how that would change – Everything. All of humanity would have the same currency of exchange.. of ideas, stories, & expression. So much uneccessary misunderstanding happens in the world today, because people fail to connect, to empathize with those of a foreign tongue & culture. But when you come across someone on your travels, and they speak a common tongue... immediately you are presented with a 'way in'.. and thus, a deeper connection is able to be forged.
The shortcomings of language are everpresent. So often, language is more a barrier, than a transmitter. My first desire is that we arrive at a global tongue within the next 50 years... doesn't matter if it's English, Chinese, Espanol, and Ugandian.... as I believe language must endure the same natural selection, and evolve just like everything else does. And as a species, we really only need one to do the job. Just imagine how that would change – Everything. All of humanity would have the same currency of exchange.. of ideas, stories, & expression. So much uneccessary misunderstanding happens in the world today, because people fail to connect, to empathize with those of a foreign tongue & culture. But when you come across someone on your travels, and they speak a common tongue... immediately you are presented with a 'way in'.. and thus, a deeper connection is able to be forged.
Though I feel ultimately, we will eventually evolve beyond language as we currently know it. Something possibly more like the enigmatic Octopus who "does not transmit its linguistic intent, it becomes its linguistic intent. Like the octopus, our destiny is to become what we think, to have our thoughts become our bodies and our bodies become our thoughts." – T. McKenna