“The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms” - Socrates. Probably.
The early biblical account of humanity uniting to build a city and tower on the Shinar plains of ancient Mesopotamia has made the "Tower of Babel" an enduring reminder of the difficulties of achieving a common goal without a common language. For those unfamiliar, the HPV (Highlights Package Version) goes like this:
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech...
They said to each other... “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves..."
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
