Vanishing Voices, A Bad Thing?

Is it really a bad thing that languages are disappearing, isn't it just a necessary victim of our move towards globalization?


What is globalization?

According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary globalization is the “process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation technologies and services, mass migration and the movement of peoples.”  

Quick survey from roommates:

# of people who think it is necessary for globalization?  4
# of people who thinks it isn't necessary? 1

I just thought it was interesting to hear what they thought about it and we were all torn between the idea if globalization is more important than individualism. But we all defiantly agreed that for globalization to occur it was necessary to lose all these other languages. 

It is important that we all get on the same page so that we can communicate together effectively. But while it is important to get to this midpoint between all people, we do need all the knowledge to be translated correctly so that we don't lose and thing important that some people may know such as cures to diseases.   

I believe that for all of this to happen we really do have to condense it all down to one common language because it will make everything easier, but it is really sad how some of the culture goes away with the the "vanishing voices." I wish there was some way to preserve the languages while we work towards globalization but that is really hard to do if people stop speaking them.