Linus Torvalds, the creator and maintainer of the Linux kernel, joined me at the recent Open Source Summit in Vienna for an insightful conversation covering ...
And I would argue that language “evolution” is fucking stupid if all meaning is stripped from the words, as it has been here. Language “evolves” because lazy people allow it to. The whole purpose of a language is to create a common understanding of communication. If that definition is eroded to the extent that there is no longer a common understanding, that is not evolution, that is devolution.
It also abused by many to intentionally conflate meanings to fit an agenda.
And I would argue that language “evolution” is fucking stupid if all meaning is stripped from the words, as it has been here. Language “evolves” because lazy people allow it to. The whole purpose of a language is to create a common understanding of communication. If that definition is eroded to the extent that there is no longer a common understanding, that is not evolution, that is devolution.
It also abused by many to intentionally conflate meanings to fit an agenda.