[lojban] How to spread the word

[Auke Booij <auke.booij@gmail.com>]

Oh hello there,

First of all, let me admit that I don't speak/write lojban yet. I know,
I should, but there's simply no one to talk to, except for the guys on
IRC. There needs to be a reason to speak/write/read/hear lojban, and I
think this is the most important step in spreading it.
So let's recall the German language for a second. It was used
internationally because it was used in science. These days, this is no
longer the case, but German used to be the de facto standard language
for scientific articles. Lojban, with all its properties, would be a
very good language in such an environment, because it further forces you
to form a definition of everything you're talknig about, resulting in
better science. So I think a good way of spreading Lojban would be to
start using it in scientific fields first, and then it'll eventually
either die or spread to other fields (although I hope the latter
happens). How this should be achieved is not yet something I know, but I
guess it starts at enabling "famous" science centers to accept Lojban
texts. For example, arXiv.org should accept Lojban articles (if you got
that down, I guess you're halfway there). Once Lojban is *the* language
used by scientists, I think a natural next step would be to put the
community to work on translating the entire computer field: websites,
wikipedia (!), applications.

So, all in all, focus on making Lojban the language used for science.

I hope you didn't think of this yet, because that would suggest it's not
working. On the other hand, it might take a few years... Well, whatever,
this it what I have to say about spreading such a language (and of
course I'd love to see Lojban spread) and I hope you can do something
with it.

Thanks for your time,
tulcod.




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