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Joshua Foer

No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any of the more than six thousand languages spoken today.

Joshua Foer

Communication

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Languages like English and Mandarin developed naturally over time through many changes and influences, rather than being intentionally created. Because of this gradual and complex evolution, they are much more irregular and diverse than any deliberately designed system of communication would be.

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