Comments on: The First World Problem is Choice, Or: Which Language Should I Learn? /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: Why America Doesn’t Win Wars Any More and What (Ironically) That Can Teach You About Learning Languages | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000567914 Sun, 18 Aug 2019 12:39:30 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000567914 […] on that title, you may be thinking that you’re about to read an answer to the question of “which language should I learn (in order to maximize socioeconomic returns)?&#…. And, if that’s what you’re thinking, you would be […]

]]> By: Remember You Are, Were and Will Always Be Human: Infinite in Possibility and Finite in Action | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000565717 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:39:21 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000565717 […] got two (hopefully). And only one even writes (typically). So…act like it. Narrow it down. You can do it all, but you can’t do it all now. You can only do one thing now 4. Eliminate. Focus. […]

]]> By: haru_aiu /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000057341 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:23:32 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000057341 RT @ajatt: If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. t.co/XcK0U…

]]> By: Grice2Ben /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000056619 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:15:47 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000056619 The First World Problem is Choice, Or: Which Language Should I Learn? – t.co/LV5C6RI1n4 t.co/LV5C6RI1n4

]]> By: xS4KuR4 /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000056319 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:10:03 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000056319 RT @ajatt: If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. t.co/XcK0U…

]]> By: chocorain_ /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000056127 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:52:20 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000056127 RT @ajatt: If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. t.co/XcK0U…

]]> By: hangukdrama /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000056128 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:36:50 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000056128 RT @ajatt: If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. t.co/XcK0U…

]]> By: _amywheeler /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000056129 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:17:31 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000056129 RT @ajatt: If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. t.co/XcK0U…

]]> By: jonwaller /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000056130 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:08:24 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000056130 RT @ajatt: If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. t.co/XcK0U…

]]> By: Cainiao /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000004816 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:32:26 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000004816 Uhh, both?

]]> By: ahndoruuu /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-1000004097 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:36:00 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-1000004097 Well if this site is one of the first places you ended up after that potentially ruinous Google search, you certainly dodged a rain of bullets. Congratulations.

]]> By: Dmitry /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-328206 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:43:32 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-328206 Another excellent piece of advice. I remember good old times when discovering how much you actually _can_ do with the right ideas and resouces felt amazing, and it really is. However, doing more and more of these discoveries eventually leads to frustration because resources are constrained but ideas are not. So instead of celebrating every little thing that I can do I often begin to feel anxious about dozens of interesting things that I could be doing instead that I’ve been trying to squeeze into my life for a long time already, but the tradeoffs involved always made it look unacceptable. Fortunately the experience has taught me that sequencing actually works, so instead of worrying about whether I’m doing the right thing I usually can instead just do it and see later how it goes. I’m not _trying_ to do anything, I’m just choosing to do it by allocating the necessary resources and letting the nature and habit to do the rest. And there usually aren’t any wrong choices, really: either what I chose to do works and I can iterate it until it stops working or is no longer needed, or it doesn’t work and then I’ve learned something new and can use this knowledge in making further choices. Now, paradoxically, it doesn’t feel like I’m doing anything at all and time just flies by, but in actuality lots of desired things happen and I definitely end up getting what I need much more often that I end up just wasting my time.

]]> By: ライトニング /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-327611 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:23:17 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-327611 This is more of just preference, but I don’t really like how Mandarin sounds; I’m totally for Cantonese.

Didn’t meant offend anybody though! 😛

]]> By: Livonor /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-327537 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:42:15 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-327537 This makes me remember of the reason that make me learning japanese: absolutely nothing. Back then I didn’t have any interest about japanese culture, language or people, I didn’t even like anime, I just sit on my chair I simply thought “Wouldn’t be cool if I know japanese?” I then I search for “how to learn japanese” on google, found a site made by random black guy, and now you already know the rest of the story ; )

]]> By: 魔法少女☆かなたん /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-327524 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:44:22 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-327524 Well, you know, you could be getting your Mandarin from Taiwan, where, unlike mainland China and Singapore, traditional characters are still used. Plus, Taiwanese media is awesome.

]]> By: アントニー /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-326740 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:51:47 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-326740 Ah yes, I agree. Mandarin just doesn’t have the media that I find enjoyable like Cantonese does. Henceforth, I chose Cantonese so I can watch movies all the time, and have a good time.

]]> By: ライトニング /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-326664 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:50:59 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-326664 I like Cantonese a lot. I like the Chinese characters used Cantonese because they are pretty much as pure as it gets in the character using world. I still wish Japanese used pre-world war II Kanji still. Reading pre world war II books are really enjoying because I finally get to see some real traditional kanji. Still better than Mandarin, but Cantonese totally wins when it comes to characters.

I’m currently with Japanese, but one day I will do ACATT too.

Jeez, I feel like I’m a wannabe khatz sometimes 😛

]]> By: Carl /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-326641 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:11:31 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-326641 I’m just going to say ditto to the article. Thank you for this.

]]> By: tekcop /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-326627 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:39:58 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-326627 “If you’re ever stuck between two languages, pick the less “useful” one: it’s the one you really want to learn. ”

I’ve been struggling trying to choose between Mandarin and Cantonese for the past couple of months. Guess which one I went with. 😀 (Psst… It’s the one with all the great Stephen Chow movies!)

]]> By: Matt /the-first-world-problem-is-choice-or-which-language-should-i-learn/#comment-326580 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:43:39 +0000 /?p=22889#comment-326580 Kids in sandboxes don’t sit in silence wondering about other sandboxes they might be playing in if they were at a different park; they just grab the tools they have and get busy having fun. Once your immersion environment is operational, you can skip the decisions problem altogether and just act on impulses. The ‘secret’ to maintaining the fun is known by every kid in the world: maintain moment-to-moment presence. Just be there. No more adult meta-thinking (“Should I be in THIS sandbox? Should I be learning French?”), only impulse thinking (“Ooh a comic book and video games and OMG new L2 Breaking Bad episodes yyaayy!”)

Swim coaches say that you have to slow down to speed up. I say you have to regress to progress.

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