Re: <nettime> Latin as revolutionary act? (Morlock Elloi)

> Isn’t this what Esperanto was made for?

My thoughts exactly!

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 at 08:09, Patrick Lichty <voyd@voyd.com> wrote:

Isn’t this what Esperanto was made for?
Let’s speak Klingon!

On Nov 11, 2019, at 6:00 AM, Renée Lynn Reizman <rlreizman@gmail.com> wrote:

Ignoring that this is one of the most classist, awful things I've seen proposed, you're making big assumptions that everyone has the same learning styles and abilities to pick up languages. Intellect doesn't require one to be bilingual, and bringing up IQ is a suspect, arbitrary, and meaningless measure of intelligence.

I see you also don't give any care to poor or marginalized people who don't have access to good education, tutors, technology, or other environments where learning a dead language would be convenient. Only rich people get to participate in discourse! What's the revolution here? Upholding the ruling class?

Renée Lynn Reizman

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What would be consequences of using Latin language among
group/clique/cabal/underground/elite for discourse, publishing, idea
exchange, tweets? (let's ignore for the moment how does one get the
above set to learn Latin)

First of all, the noise goes down, as there is intellectual effort
barrier involved. Feeble-minded, distracted, low IQ, vacuous, and other
nobodies are out. It would be like early Internet (1990s) - only nice
and interesting people, no rabble. Only more resilient, because the
'price' of learning tongue will never go down, unlike computer equipment
and access.

Second, the cross-pollution from deluge of mechanically augmented media
firehoses goes way down. Language is the medium, and, of course, the
medium is the message. It's much harder to influence those thinking in a
foreign tongue.

Third, the isolated hermetic nature of such setup would allow thinking
to mature, being spared from cretinous cheering and booing from the
unwashed crowd. At the same time, it can use modern networking
technology to attract interest globally.

Perdidi unum in mediis soccus lauandi, et iam sentire perfecta!

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