Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKK7wGAYP6k&t=675s
Language can also have really deep effects — that’s what we saw with the case of number. Having count words in your language, having number words, opens up the whole world of mathematics. Of course, if you don’t count, you can’t do algebra, you can’t do any of the things that would be required to build a room like this or make this broadcast, right? This little trick of number words gives you a stepping stone into a whole cognitive realm.
Language > Number > Algebra > Broadcasting wow 😮
So my language determines the science and technology that I am playing with right now.
If in an alternate history, where we had chosen a different language, would we have engaged with different technology?
That could be either less effective or more effective compared to the current one. What if there is a more effective one which we could develop now?