One of Douglas Adams’ best insights was that the more you understand each other, the greater the potential for pointless conflict. In a world of google search and translate, the ability to restrict the comprehensibility of your discourses makes you a force for peace
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Just like most relationships, understanding vs. potential to reduce conflict is an inverted parabola. Farther you are from the vertex on either side, the more problematic it gets.
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when one assumes and expects the other to understand, a noncompliance or misunderstanding can more quickly be interpreted as personal hostile intention vs misinterpretation (“You dont agree with me bc you don’t fully understand” isnt default). Also reconciling diff values is hard
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Lol so since Japanese Manga is being translated it is laying the seeds for a future conflict?
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As Freud called it - the narcissism of small differences.
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