By then everybody will speak enough english that it won't matter. The economies of the network effect are quite simple.
And of course I'm at an advantage, the very fact that I'm german would put me at an advantage even if english was as far away as possible from german, because I have the resources, I have free education and I have free medicare, plus 400 years of the subjugation of the third world in my back. So what. Life isn't fair, the worlds top 30 People own as much as the bottom 3 Billion, thats unfair.
Instead of bickering about which language would be fairest to adopt you should help make everyone adopt SOME language so that they can organize and exchange. So that they can understand for themselves what other are saying instead of having to rely on potentially biased news. So that they can talk to each other, for sympathy and empathy and understanding.
And of course I'm at an advantage, the very fact that I'm german would put me at an advantage even if english was as far away as possible from german, because I have the resources, I have free education and I have free medicare, plus 400 years of the subjugation of the third world in my back. So what. Life isn't fair, the worlds top 30 People own as much as the bottom 3 Billion, thats unfair.
Instead of bickering about which language would be fairest to adopt you should help make everyone adopt SOME language so that they can organize and exchange. So that they can understand for themselves what other are saying instead of having to rely on potentially biased news. So that they can talk to each other, for sympathy and empathy and understanding.
My bet is on English for that one.
Plus it seems that it's not so hard after all:
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html