English is the current global language, but have we become more powerful because of it? And in what way do you define power?
We are on the verge of being powerful enough to create human, animal, machine, etc. hybrids...and send them to live in space and on other planets.
We may be on the verge of extending the life expectancy of humans dramatic, perhaps almost infinitely (thereby regaining contact with the Tree of Life for all intents and purposes).
We are able to communicate instantly around the world.
This is all brand new. Who knows what evil it will bring?
We are reminded of this: "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." Matthew 24:37.
English is the current global language, but have we become more powerful because of it? And in what way do you define power?
A person who speaks English as a first language, can learn to speak Japanese, but will never have the thought patterns of someone who speaks Japanese as a first language and visa versa.
IOW, language contains a thought pattern which Is not naturally duplicated when learning another language. The power that is implicated comes from common thought patterns, which can not be achieved after Babel.
The concept in the Babel narrative is that man was building a tower to Heaven and had become so arrogant they though they could be like God. By making multiple languages it meant that people would naturally splinter off into separate groups and leave each other alone. It is often a language barrier that prevents full assimilation of one group into another.
Travel a mile south or west of Palm Beach and you won't think so anymore.
ML/NJ