August 24th, 2012, 11:55
In an IT-based forum, someone says that it is okay that languages die out, because "the information is conserved".
This is just another example of an biased information-centrered, technocratic view.
Culture, for example, is something that cannot be expressed in Information alone.
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“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)