Summarizes

This note summarizes some information that we hope to discuss at the meeting in San Francisco.

All history shows: idioms of dominant states often lead to the disappearance of the languages of the dominated states. Greek engulfed the Phrygian. Latin killed the Iberian and Gallic. Currently, 25 languages are disappearing every year! Understand one thing: I'm not fighting against English, I fight for diversity. An Armenian proverb wonderfully summarizes my thought: "The more languages you know, the more you are a person."

The Kendall tau-x ranking agreement is better because it summarizes ranking information in a single matrix.

A recent book, called "Old Age is Not for Sissies," summarizes advice that that he gives in speeches to seniors.