LOTUS OF A NATION
Nations everywhere, especially superpowers, like to think themselves as
great. But in reality, the greater a nation the less it is likely
to show
greatness. Modernization and
cultural decadency seem to come in, in a same package.
Technological
progress tends to trample on the dignity of man. The world needs
a
solution to this dilemma of intrinsic exclusiveness of the two major
phenomena of
the our time.
We may do well taking a lesson from the mythical flower lotus.
Lotus is a plant that attains divine exquisteness from humblest
roots. A seed can hibernate for a thousand years without losing
its original grandeur once revived. The world needs a lotus of a
nation. Could it be China?
I have intelligent-designed a tool to explore this possibility.
It's the
universal language. The intent is to both leapfrog China to the
forefront of technology, while, at the same time, reach back to her
past splendor of a human-oriented culture. My tool is naturally
the
vehicle of
communication, the language. The first part is a technical
language for communicating with computers. It's the 1000
abbreviated English words needed
to manipulate a self-sufficient computing environment. The second
part is a cultural language for harmonious interaction among
humans. It's a set of 100 Chinese
characters that order our moral priorities.
Thus far, this universal language has been rejected as another
5-cent cigar of a language
rather than a solution to arguably the most pertinent
problem of our time.
The 1000 computer words set is not accepted due to a lack of
understanding of its background. The set is basically the
vocabulary
needed to operate an all-English user interface of a computing
environment. This computing environment has been developed for
analyses of complex problems in nuclear engineering, which, in essence,
covers all areas of high technologies. Since most of such
real-world problems are beyond the limits of our mind in terms of
reliability and efficiency, the computing environment relies on
software automation in which the computer bears the blunt of memory and
speed functions, all controlled by built-in logics that are programmed
into the computer based on an understanding of how a computer
could made to think. Before I get rejected again here for getting
carried away with too much tech details, it's suffice
to claim that this computing environment has been the very technology
dividing the developed and developing nations.
The 100
Chinese characters set has been turned into a political football,
thrown
back and
forth between proponents of the two different forms of the
characters. Why can't we just pick the one that serve the purpose
best? Another excuse for not going with this proposed universal
language is
Esperanto. Well, go Esperanto, if you don't mind an instant
disruption in global communication.
What's our chances? Well, what's life's success but to make a big
pile
of failures.