Hello, Jamshid.
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1. Information density and overload nowadays is increasing at an amzaing if not scaring pace and volume which cannot be compared with the past.
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Could you offer a few examples? As is, it's still rather vague.
I don't feel very informed.
The reason I'm asking these questions is, I'd like to know what I'm reading so that I am able to form an opinion that will contribute to this topic in a meaningful way.
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Boundaries don't play any role any more thanks to an international communication tool called English.
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Could you define 'boundaries'?
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As a result more knowledge is being generated in a relatively short period of time . . . .
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For example, . . .
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Information density needs something beyond English in order to communicate fast and densly.
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I don't understand the sentence. How does information density communicate fast and densly? Please elaborate.
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Such a tool might emerge because the increase of information volume will necessitate such a tool or create such a need.
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But why human language, specifically English? Why not computer language?
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How can a natural languge cope with information growth say in a hundred years? How can we store and retrieve information? what about human memory?
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That part doesn't clearly connect for me. Human languages have coped so far, no matter how exponential their growth, so why would that change? The beauty of human languages, if not all Languages, is they are efficient, relatively speaking.
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Perhaps the answer lies in simplification and abbreviation like SMS texting.
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Human languages have their own form of SMS texting; e.g., forms of telegraphic speech.
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There are certain nouns in English of Romance origin which are simply too long.
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Ah, yes, but have you considered that a spoken sentence is one long utterance?
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But how will human brain and memory cope with such heavy bombardment of information?
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The same way, I suppose, as we have in the past.
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One day Academic papers need a more effective way of communication than nominalizing in English.
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Why?
An excellent topic, Jamshid. I look forward to your reply.
