January 2009
5 posts
Layers of languages
The internet is another layer upon which language can be utilized to transport messages across the globe, from one human to another, in mere seconds if not less. The interesting part is – like the preceding quote states – if language can be a source of misunderstanding, how does a web of information based on human language help mankind?
I often end up being unable to explain exactly what I want...
“Language is the source of misunderstandings.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It just dawned on me
What if I’m in the matrix, and the internet is the window out to the real world?
Illiteracy
After I installed a plugin for Firefox that hides all comments with grammatical errors on YouTube, most comments I read are either witty or actually useful. Am I seeing a pattern here?
Don't start your day on the tubes
You’ll soon find that your brain is trying to figure out what the hell all these people are thinking, and long before it does you’ll be sitting in your chair in a state of fear and immobility. It’s like you took every nutjob from the world and just crammed them into one 5x5 m3 room.