If the internet were used only to publish read-only content, like a magazine, then maybe this would make some sense.<p>But language shapes thought. It actually limits it. If you can&#x27;t express something in your language then you are unlikely to even think it.  People who speak different languages actually see the world in different ways, with different nuances and details.<p>And the internet is highly interactive, collaborative and social. You don&#x27;t have to look beyond HN to see great examples of this.<p>This means that limiting the internet through a single language means we would be  also limiting our ability to form, spread and implement new ideas.<p>Creativity often comes from finding a curious analogy that crosses domains. If one of those domains has only a poor English representation then it&#x27;s unlikely that the brainsinvolved in an English-only conversation would discover the novel analogy.<p>So no, that would not be good  for the internet as canvas of collaboration and communication of ideas and thoughts.