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benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2008-02-14 05:47 pm

Wow

Watch Jared Diamond embarass himself. Albeit, this is 12 years old. Nonetheless, wow.

To clue in those playing along at home: China has considerably more linguistic diversity than Europe. Or, indeed, most other places on earth.

Note also how he taps into the "OMG China is a monolith that will eat us" fears of modern Americans.

Nice. Nice.

[identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com 2008-02-15 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
He counts "Chinese" as one language. That's like counting "Latin" and "Germanic" as the two primary languages of Europe.

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--Ben