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

[Patrice Riemens <patrice@xs4all.nl>]

JES!

On 2019-11-11 10:08, Laura Chimera wrote:
> > 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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> > Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 14:48:36 -0800
> > From: Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>
> > To: nettime-l@mail.kein.org
> > Subject: <nettime> Latin as revolutionary act?
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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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