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Unenclosable
The document discusses the concept of owning or enclosing a language. It argues that if someone could own the English language, it would severely limit free speech and communication. The architecture used to implement currencies inherently leads to enclosure, concentrating power and wealth. Overall, the document cautions against allowing ownership of languages or architectures like currencies that can enable enclosure.
Unenclosable
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- 2. First, consider whatwould happen if someone owned the English language.
- 3. There would beno such thing as free speech,
- 4. and communication wouldbe severely impaired.
- 5. Using currencies tomap flows is a linguistic act map
- 6. similar to writing. ab c d e f g....
- 7. a b cd e f g.... language language We write using a language
- 8. a b cd e f g.... language language that isn’t owned by anyone.
- 9. a b cd e f g.... language lanuage But what if someone could charge
- 10. a b cd e f g.... language for the use of English?
- 11. a b cd e f g.... language The power to communicate
- 12. a b cd e f g.... language would be highly concentrated.
- 13. map architecture The architecture we use to implement currencies
- 14. map architecture has enclosure built in.
- 15. map architecture So power and wealth
- 16. map architecture become highly concentrated.
- 17.