Digital technology through the lens of language

Digital technology is an invisible omnipresent force in our lives, and without it, our societies as we know them today could not exist. We know what technological breakthroughs in computing and machine learning enabled these developments. But why they work so well in societies and cultures all over the world is lesser-known. In this talk, Bob van Luijt will introduce three, high-level, ideas why software works so well based on its ability to adapt to our language.