The Great Debate 2: Multi- vs. Monolingual Futures

The highlight of the 2014 TAUS Industry Forum was a formal debate between Nicholas Ostler and Lane Greene. This blog revisits the same debate asking how has thinking on the multilingual vs. common language question evolved since the explosion of connected technology, platform economics, the rise of AI and populist politics, and unnerving moves in the global power struggle? Articles by Ostler and Greene will be following up this introduction blog.