There's this persistent belief that the simple natural like stripped down form of something is somehow inherently superior. languages get more complicated but for a good reason I don't know Andrew says. People fetishize simple things and pure things sure yeah, he writes. They form ideological movements around it while not really considering why the system isn't like that in the first placeAndrew: In the future when information is one of the few things that is valuable the way that information spreads becomes very important.
What does pizza murder have to do with a linguistic virus that dates all the way back to Ancient Sumeria? Find out as we discuss Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.
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