The Tower of Babel

Aleks Krotoski introduces the programming language that people probably interact with on a daily basis more than any other. 

Basic is the little language that could. As language of choice for home computing in the 1980s, it became iconic. 

Inefficient, verbose and ugly, yet by the 1990s, 80 per cent of the world's business software was written in Cobol. Aleks Krotoski explores why. 

An ancient people build a tower to touch the heavens. A vengeful god disrupts the project through the splintering of human language. Everyone’s left to pick up the pieces. The Tower of Babel myth resonates out from the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization, but what does it mean? W ... Show More

The Tower of Babel 

There are 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. What are the costs — and benefits — of our modern-day Tower of Babel? 

What's the link between language and culture? And how can we love one another better by understanding the two? Pastor Ray and Bart discuss the implications of Genesis 11 and the story of the Tower of Babel. 

Over 2000 years ago, Babylon was the largest, wealthiest city in the world -- but it didn't last. Learn about its past, present, and myths in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/babylon.htmSee omnystudio.com/listene ... Show More

A Torre de Babel é um modelo clássico de orgulho humano e retribuição divina, arrogância escrita em pedra e depois um agente de divisão e incompreensão que vai muito além da mitologia. Ela enfatiza a crença de que Deus pode castigar a arrogância e a busca de poder. É uma das hist ... Show More

The ancient metropolis of Babylon was famed for its wonders like the Tower of Babel and the mysterious Hanging Gardens. But few Babylonian monuments were as wondrous as the towering, blue-bricked walls and glittering gates that surrounded the city and protected those inside from ... Show More