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dead language autodidact's avatar

The algorithm just shared this post with me and I loved it -- especially writing notes to your future self in that language! I will be doing that from now on!

I also appreciated the point that you don't know what shapes you. It's true -- you can't quantify or sometimes even qualitatively describe the impact something has and inevitably leaves on you, but it's consequential nevertheless!

Thank you for sharing such wonderful perspectives! ❤️

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Patrizia Zampieri's avatar

We are not machines and therefore we need not what we need in a pragmatic sense, but what can shape a character, a personality. Some years ago I had the same idea as a lead motive for social gatherings, that of approaching a totally new language, well aware that learning is nourishment and not possession. Furthermore, a language is not a tool but involves you into an experience, forcing you to overcome your shyness 😍

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