Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge

[Francis Hult]

The Huffington Post

 

Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge

 

When ideas go extinct, we all grow poorer. Half the world's 7,000 languages now face extinction; a dramatic shift in human intellectual history. Our 21st century world -- replete with wondrous technologies -- rests upon the foundation of all humankind's prior wisdom and creativity.

 

Full story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/k-david-harrison/emerging-languages-emerge_b_825256.html

The Huffington Post

 

Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge

 

When ideas go extinct, we all grow poorer. Half the world's 7,000 languages now face extinction; a dramatic shift in human intellectual history. Our 21st century world -- replete with wondrous technologies -- rests upon the foundation of all humankind's prior wisdom and creativity.

 

Full story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/k-david-harrison/emerging-languages-emerge_b_825256.html

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