There
is a lot more to be found in cultural diversity (and independance) than
what most believe. I am no relativist; I do not believe all paths lead
to something that works. But I am no absolutist, many paths may be good,
and a lot, who failed or are in the process of failing, teach us stuff.
Having
a way for some people to explore other cultures is great, and another
to actually cross cultures and take part in the one that works is even
better, that's the only purpose I can see in an intercultural language.
But having many cultures have one great advantage : many experiences,
many tests, going on at the same time.
Look
at biology : millions of species, trillions of individual living
things, all trying something out. Some die with offsprings, some die
without. Think about it : trillions of individual experiences going on
at the same time. If a few fail, you still have tons of others going on.
I
believe the same is true about culture. Earlier this morning, I was
speaking with a friend of mine about expressways. Where I live, in
Japan, all expressways are toll roads, without exception. Where I come
from, Quebec, all expressways are toll-free, without exception. Two
different paths that have been tried and, the fun thing. Yet, Japan
isn't poor; far from it. And expressways have always been tolled. What
it tells me is that tolled expressways are certainly not something that
will kill the economy, far from it. (There is more reflexion about that
than simply this; it would take days just to explain the basics of the
idea.)
But
what that means is that I believe that, if I had to choose between
making people pay for hospitals services and making people pay for
expressway services, I will have people pay the second one first,
because I can see it causes no problem at all in Japan.
And
yet, if we were all one great single culture, I would never have seen
that. I could have never experienced my awesome year six years ago. I
would have only seen the same thing as where I come from, because there
is nothing else to compare with. And, as I said, between toll
expressways and free expressways, while the free one seem a lot more
convenient, the toll one is probably the best option.
So that's why, according to me, cultural diversity and, especially, autonomy ARE important.
Paraboles de Daneydzaus - Parables of Daneydzaus - Prelegetoj de Danejdzaŭso - ダネイヅァーウスの例え話
2013年7月27日土曜日
Dzusuis
Regarde l'Univers; c'est la plus belle des Bibles.
Look at the Universe; it is the most beautiful Bible.
Celvidu la Tutaregon; ĝi estas la plejbela Biblio.
万物を観てください。最適な聖書でしょう。
Look at the Universe; it is the most beautiful Bible.
Celvidu la Tutaregon; ĝi estas la plejbela Biblio.
万物を観てください。最適な聖書でしょう。
- Daneydzaus
2013年7月21日日曜日
Le coût inconnu d'apprendre une langue
Mipayc : Derniere? C'est pas possible!
Daneydzaus : Est-ce que tu sais à quel point combien c'est intense d'apprendre une
langue comme je le fais? Je ne veux pas que parler suédois; je veux
parler près du niveau du natif et, ça, ça prend de la job en masse.
Mipayc : Je le sais mais tes jeune, tas beaucoup d'ans pour apprendre plus de langues. Tu sais et je sais qu'il vaut la peine apprendre des langues en la facon que tas fait avec suedois et japonais et esperanto et anglais et francais haha! Tu vas apprendre une autre, j'en suis sure!
Daneydzaus : Il y a plein d'autres choses à apprendre. Je cite mon Dzusey :
"And let's not forget the opportunity costs: the money and time it takes to learn Arabic or Esperanto isn't available to do something else."
(Et n'oublions pas les coûts d'opportunité : l'argent et le temps passé à apprendre l'arabe ou l'espéranto n'est pas disponible pour faire quelque chose d'autre.)
En gros, je pourrais apprendre des tonnes de langues, mais le monde a autre chose à offrir aussi. Et mon Dzusey oublie l'aspect que pour maintenir un bon niveau de langue, il faut absolument rester en contact constant avec la langue.
(Je pense, par exemple, à mon anglais; j'étais techniquement natif jusqu'à l'âge de 6 ans, j'ai eu un bon 10 ans où mon anglais s'est dégradé; je me suis depuis repris en lisant le ZBB et autres forums anglais, mais c'est 10 ans où j'ai perdu beaucoup, et c'était ma langue maternelle!)
Avec 5 langues, le français, English, esperantlingvo, 日本語 et svenska, rester en contact avec ces 5 langues va être pénible!
Pour ceux qui voudraient en savoir plus sur le véritable coût d'apprendre une langue, je vous propose cette lecture (malheureusement, in English) provocatrice (qui va enrager tous les professeurs de langues). J'espère pouvoir offrir une traduction en français bientôt.
Des nouvelles du Kevex (Québec)!
Daneydzaus : Tout va bien au Québec (hormis l'horrible explosion)?
Notanelis : Oui et le gaz augmente pour les Vacances. Et les juifs et musulmans peuvent apporter leur lunch a la ronde et pas nous
Daneydzaus : La
première est un classique, les gens veulent toujours profiter d'une
manne relativement gratuite. (Une vague de vacanciers qui voyagent en
voiture : les prix de l'essence VONT augmenter.)
Notanelis : Effectivement
Daneydzaus : Le
seconde, j'ai passé un simple commentaire : discrimination. C'est une
des raisons pourquoi j'étais tanné du Canada. Au Japon, il n'y a pas
d'exceptions pour la religion, et si tu ne fais pas qqch à cause de ta
religion, c'est ta propre responsabilité, et j'ai l'intention
d'apprendre aux Japonais à garder cette attitude.
Notanelis : D 'après moi tu respecte le pays ou tu vis.
Daneydzaus :Techniquement, ils le font, considérant ce que Trudeau a mis dans sa charte des droits et libertés.
Un
de mes auteurs favoris, Mark Rosenfelder, a écrit ce bijou : "(...), we
sometimes hear for instance that some foreign belief system 'isn't just
a religion; it's a way of life.' So it is; but that is not on oddity of
foreigners, but of our own Anglo-Saxon interiorization of belief. A
religion is a way of life, and in describing belief systems below we
will come very close to describing entire cultures."
(Traduction : "(...), souvent, on entend par exemple qu'un certain système de croyance étranger n'est pas qu'une religion, c'est une façon de vivre. Et ce l'est; ce n'est pas un aspect bizarre des étrangers, mais l'intériorisation de la croyance chez les Anglo-Saxons. Une relgion est une façon de vivre et, en décrivant les systèmes de croyances plus bas, nous serons très près de décrire des cultures entières.")
Trudeau, et bon
nombe de personnes, incluant les Québécois, ont fait une grosse erreur
en incluant l'idée de "religion" dans la charte. En faisant ça, tu ne
protèges pas des opinions, mais une manière de vivre qui pourrait, à la
limite, contrevenir à d'autres lois non-constitutionnels.
Pour le dire simplement, le Canada et le Québec se sont mis dans la marde pour ça.
Pour le dire simplement, le Canada et le Québec se sont mis dans la marde pour ça.
Déjà, il y 2500 ans, l'importance de la Loi était comprise.
En réponse à cet article.
Et c'est pourquoi, même si je pourrais sans doute me faire des tonnes d'argent là-bas, je n'irai JAMAIS dans ce pays.
Comme Socrate disait à Criton, si tu trouves que les lois ont de
l'allure, tu y restes et, si tu trouves que les lois n'en on pas, tu
t'en vas. Ou tu n'y vas pas.
Tolkien and Modern Surveillance
This is why we all love Tolkien's "applicability".
He didn't wrought and write a story to pass on a message (he wrote himself he hated allegory with a passion), he wrote down a legend, however false it may be, that can be applied to many situations and... yes, you can even find that.
There is no morale in Tolkien's stories. Tolkien doesn't tell you power is bad, because look, Aragorn get's to be the High King and thousands of liege are rejoicing. Tolkien doesn't say technology is wrong; Gimli is explicitly telling Aragorn he will bring his best people to make the city stronger. Pollution happens and people are killed, but that is something natural : pollution kills. No morale here, just a simple truth, and list of fortunate and unfortunate events.
There are only events, flowing as a true history, that tell us how things may go. And you can make what you want of them.
Including a very good understanding of modern surveillance.
The article however fails to discuss one thing. Surveillance in Tolkien is happening on both sides; and not all information was tickling down on the "Good" side either. (I mean here Gandalf and the old Alliance of Elves, Dwarves and Men)
However, on the "Good" side, their goal wasn't domination, but simply to live as they wished. The war done, Hobbits were left alone; Rohan is still autonomous; Gondor returns to peace; the Northern Wilderness flourishes independent; little Breeland itself stays cool. The Elves left, but that was their own wish.
And, obviously, on the "Good" side, everyone trusted each other because and, ultimately, everyone was worth being a surveillance member. This meant that while the Eye could have been all-Seeing, the "Good" side could filter the load of information to actually get rid of all the noise. It also helps that, since most of what you need to know is the goal of a couple of individuals, you can focus on them.
Thank you, Tolkien.
He didn't wrought and write a story to pass on a message (he wrote himself he hated allegory with a passion), he wrote down a legend, however false it may be, that can be applied to many situations and... yes, you can even find that.
There is no morale in Tolkien's stories. Tolkien doesn't tell you power is bad, because look, Aragorn get's to be the High King and thousands of liege are rejoicing. Tolkien doesn't say technology is wrong; Gimli is explicitly telling Aragorn he will bring his best people to make the city stronger. Pollution happens and people are killed, but that is something natural : pollution kills. No morale here, just a simple truth, and list of fortunate and unfortunate events.
There are only events, flowing as a true history, that tell us how things may go. And you can make what you want of them.
Including a very good understanding of modern surveillance.
The article however fails to discuss one thing. Surveillance in Tolkien is happening on both sides; and not all information was tickling down on the "Good" side either. (I mean here Gandalf and the old Alliance of Elves, Dwarves and Men)
However, on the "Good" side, their goal wasn't domination, but simply to live as they wished. The war done, Hobbits were left alone; Rohan is still autonomous; Gondor returns to peace; the Northern Wilderness flourishes independent; little Breeland itself stays cool. The Elves left, but that was their own wish.
And, obviously, on the "Good" side, everyone trusted each other because and, ultimately, everyone was worth being a surveillance member. This meant that while the Eye could have been all-Seeing, the "Good" side could filter the load of information to actually get rid of all the noise. It also helps that, since most of what you need to know is the goal of a couple of individuals, you can focus on them.
Thank you, Tolkien.
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