[extropy-chat] Psychology of investments in infrastructure

[spike]

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> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of BillK
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:46 AM
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> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Psychology of investments in infrastructure
> 
> On 7/5/06, Fred C. Moulton wrote:
> > Everyone needs to take a deep breath and get a grip; this is supposed to
> > be a list for Extropians; you know those people who try to do some
> > detailed research and analysis...
> 
> 
> So you are correct that Hispanics are not yet the largest single
> ethnic group in California. But in total, whites were in the minority
> in 2000, a smaller minority in 2004, and expected to continue reducing
> as a percentage of the California population... BillK


This discussion went off in a direction other than what I had in mind.  We
are getting caught up in ethnic origin too much as evidenced by the terms
Hispanics and whites.  The focus is on the primary language spoken in the
home, regardless of the genetics.

On the US west coast, we have a lot of immigration from Asia.  Mandarin and
schezwan speakers are able to pick up Spanish much more easily than English
I am told.  If it came to a vote, many may choose Spanish as a language of
choice, for good reason.  As a native English speaker, even I can see that
Spanish is relatively easy to learn.  It has a far smaller vocabulary, it is
more consistent, the spelling mostly phonetic, fewer ambiguous words, easier
to learn by osmosis.

spike