would having a singular language truly make the world less alienated? or because people can finally understand each other we'll have even more conflicts. im thinking a compromise would be to have everyone wear glasses that can generate subtitles of anyone speaking but thatd probably only work in one on one scenarios and increase the surveillance state insanely but idk understanding people would be a bit cool
Nope. We see that even with the same language, people still seek conflict
In fact, I would say that it's easier to spread conflict if every one had the same language because there's no confusion about what's being intended.
i dont think it would even work. youd need a century-long project to reach the point where the majority of the planet is fluent in 1 language
>>736486I think having an agreed upon global lingua franca that isn't based upon sheer imperialism which risks losing its popularity like Latin did in the west, would be ideal while regions can keep their local dialects, that way people can translate writing and media and do stuff together.
I think a better way to go about it is to just teach people as many popular languages as possible so language difference comes down to preference in expression. Better medicine means more time to teach people languages.
>im thinking a compromise would be to have everyone wear glasses that can generate subtitles of anyone speaking but thatd probably only work in one on one scenarios and increase the surveillance state insanely but idk understanding people would be a bit cool
Because of complicated linguistics stuff it wouldn't really work anyway, like conceptually. The subtitles would be wrong often.
Learn Uzbek btw
To the extent that language isolates people from each other it's just as visible with dialects and even accents as it is with fully distinct languages. You cannot get eight billion people to divide and interpret the world in the same way.
>>736486Language barriers are the main reason why nationalities exist so yes it would.