I add the concept during I’m writing the English version. (2019-03-13)

  • (4.4.2.2) Read to make a note
    • Some people think the computer is superior stationery than the pencil. However rather than the technology used for the stationary, the activity you can do with the stationary is important.

It is Neo-Whorfian hypothesis:

We offer the following hypothesis, which is related to the Whorfian hypothesis: Both the language used by a culture, and the capability for effective intellectual activity are directly affected during their evolution by the means by which individuals control the external manipulation of symbols. (For identification, we will refer to this as the Neo-Whorfian hypothesis.)


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