Video recommendation week 7/2022

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Every week we feature a video on our blog around personal growth, expanding horizons, learning, education, personal finance, travel and/or making the world a better place.

Did you know there are 7000 languages spoken around the world? Since 1950, the number of languages has been steadily declining. If this current rate continues, in 100 years from now 90% of all languages will have disappeared. In this Ted Talk you will learn about the profound differences there are in languages and gain a new perspective on the perception of the world from a linguistic point of view.

Why do we think this is worth watching (14min):

This video is certainly horizon expanding since it shows, with real life examples from around the world, the influence a language has on the way we think.

More about Lera Boroditsky and language loss:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lera_Boroditsky

https://languageconservancy.org/language-loss/

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