Re: Uglossia and Utopia

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> FFlores wrote:
> > That's a bit harsh, you know... I don't have so much idle time
> > in my hands (though I'd use it for conlanging if I had it),
> > and I'm certainly not rich.
>
> Well, compared to much of the non-Western world we are!  All of us here
> have computers, which is a lot more than many people can say.
>
        Not all of us! I won't have my computer before long, and even if I had
one I'm not sure I could afford Internet. That's why I can only use the
computers of my office (here in Eindhoven), or of my school (back in
Paris), and why I'm generally uncontactable during the weekend.

> > but it's almost our duty to be deviant from it. :)
>
> Hmm, that's an interesting way to look at it.  We're not weird, we're
> just loyal to our duty!  ;-)
>
        Of course! Weirdness is necessary, or our world would be not far from
Brave New World

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