The mother of all madcap ideas

On the 125th anniversary of the invention of Esperanto, Jonathan deBurca Butler wonders at our ability to invent useless things

Thu, 26 Jul, 2012 - 01:00

Jonathan deBurca Butler

EVER since he picked up a stick and used it as a tool, mankind has persistently tried to improve his lot. Necessity as they say is the mother of invention, but not all her children are always that clever.

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