Comment on the article "To speak another language isn't just cultured, it's a blow against stupidity"

First of all, I have a bit different opinion about language learning. I thought it makes a huge buzz nowadays and that everybody is learning other languages and when it comes to the article...it says the other way round. Surprising. So I guess the situation is different in various parts of the world. Maybe in our part of the world it is still fashionable to learn languages, especially English as it is lingua franca, but on the other hand English people may consider themselves wise enough and maybe they do not feel any obligation to learn other languages as everyobody is learning their own.

Then it's a pity they don't even realize how much they are loosing...

I believe in contemporary times the knowledge of other languages, not only one's native one, is really important. As for me, it is just like knowing maths or geography...