Running a sharp thing through an adversarial process tends to sand it down.

· Bits and Bobs 9/28/26
  • Running a sharp thing through an adversarial process tends to sand it down.
    • English has had a lot of its weird edges sanded off as more and more people in the world speak it.
    • The more people that speak a language, the faster it gets sanded smooth.
    • English was sanded smooth even before England's colonial naval empire, because there were so many different invaders over the years.