As a young boy I had a curious and sensitive nature, however I was quite sickly.

Hi, my name is Christopher Richard Oszywa, and I am the pioneer or creator of the theory “Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Languages.”

I was born in the Holy Cross mountains in Poland. My parents were both academics; my mum was a language teacher and conducted linguistic research at a university in Kraków, while my dad was a horticulturist and a teacher. When I was 11 years old, my parents migrated to Sydney, Australia, via Vienna, Austria, due to Martial Law in Poland, which was part of the Solidarity revolution attempting to overthrow the Communist system.

As a teenager in Australia, I attended multicultural schools where I was keen on sports and biology. Around the age of 17 or 18, I first recognized the importance of Alarm Sounds in languages. “I remember walking between different levels of a TAFE building when I realized that there must be something significant about the sounds in languages that causes such differences among students from various countries or cultures.” I specifically compared two friends, Carlos from South America, who was very relaxed and social, and Winston from Hong Kong, who was more intense and focused.

Around this time, I had a strange experience, almost supernatural. Being a person who believes in science, I didn't think much of it then. I believe during sleep, a light from the stars shone into my eyes as if transferring information, with letters reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphs, gold in color. This phenomenon lasted for a few hours over several nights. One night, I sleepwalked to the living room, pointing at a large window towards the sky, and the glass shattered into little pieces. My dad witnessed this and said he'd never seen anything like it.

This cognition regarding sounds in languages propelled me on a lifelong journey to discover the idea of Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Languages. Naturally, I preferred to study Commerce and Finance, but I decided to pursue psychology and linguistics, which was initially a weakness for me, to research this topic. (Remember how I used to stay up until 4 am, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes to stimulate myself to continue this investigation? Remember how I would go to different libraries to search deep in storage for articles from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s on this topic? This took many years of work.)

This culminated in the publishing of my book, “Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Languages,” and subsequent improved editions with more marketable titles like “Frightened the World into Prosperity” and “Motivate Poor Countries to Develop."

Overview of the Book “Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Languages”:

• Chapter One: Describes the evolutionary basis of alarm sounds and how they occur in languages, noting that developed or rapidly developing societies speak languages with a high concentration of these sounds.

• Chapters Two and Three: Outline major languages and illustrate that industrious and highly developed societies speak languages with intense and frequent alarm sounds.

• Chapter Four: Explores the theory in a historical context, showing how past civilizations used alarm sounds in their languages to drive development and organization.

• Chapter Five: Examines the psychological impact of alarm sounds on human and animal behavior, discussing how these sounds affect early brain structure and automatic responses.

• Chapter Six: Discusses how the effects of alarm sounds, including high focus and a sense of urgency, might be advantageous for economic development, touching on Wundt's curve and optimal performance, as well as possible aggression sounds in Arabic and Korean.

Final Note:

Unlike many other hypotheses on the economic development of poor countries, this theory is actually applicable and testable. We can engineer a language to contain more alarm sounds with higher intensity, observe how the population becomes more focused with a higher sense of urgency, and see how this leads to a more organized, efficient, and prosperous society.

Christopher Richard Oszywa

Theory and Implications

The theory of evolutionary alarm sounds within languages posits that certain sounds in languages act as evolutionary alarm signals. These sounds can increase alertness, focus, cautiousness, and a sense of urgency in individuals, traits which are crucial for economic development and societal progress. Research highlights that languages with a high concentration of these alarm sounds, such as Germanic languages (e.g., English, German) and Asiatic tonal languages (e.g., Mandarin, Japanese), tend to be spoken in economically developed societies. Conversely, languages with fewer alarm sounds, like Arabic or Hindi, are often associated with less economically developed regions. The theory also explores historical contexts, suggesting that ancient civilizations like Greece and Rome thrived partly due to the presence of these alarm sounds in their languages. As these languages evolved and lost their alarm sounds, the corresponding societies experienced declines.

The theory suggests that certain sounds in languages can trigger heightened states of alertness, focus, and urgency, similar to natural alarm sounds in the animal kingdom. These sounds are believed to stimulate early brain structures, making individuals more attentive, cautious, and industrious.

Impact on Societal Development:

Research suggests that these alarm sounds can influence the economic and social development of societies. For example, the presence of these sounds in a language might contribute to a culture of high productivity and focus. Conversely, languages with fewer alarm sounds might be linked to less economic development.

Impact on Economic Competitiveness:

Further research has identified that societies speaking languages with the highest concentration and most intense types of alarm sounds are the most competitive economically. This competitiveness stems from their ability to focus intensely for long hours at work or study and tolerate harsher environments at lower wages. These societies primarily speak tonal or pitch languages in Asia, including China, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea. Societies with a moderate to high concentration of alarm sounds speak Germanic languages, like English, German, Dutch, or Scandinavian languages, and also languages from the Greco-Latin tradition, with French having the most alarm sounds. On the other hand, societies speaking languages with few alarm sounds are the least competitive, mainly located in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent, along with South America, making them particularly vulnerable to trade competition as they can lose manufacturing and production to more competitive societies.

Impact on Creativity and Innovation:

The theory of "Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Languages" links creativity with Wundt's curve by associating the concentration of alarm sounds in languages with creativity. Wundt's curve, often discussed in psychological contexts, refers to the relationship between arousal and performance, which can extend to creativity. At low and high levels of arousal, performance is poor, but there's an optimal level where performance peaks. This concept applies to creativity where too little or too much arousal might hinder creative output, but an optimal level can enhance it. The theory postulates that societies speaking languages with a very high concentration and intensity of alarm sounds, such as China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, might have cortical arousal levels too high, potentially hindering innovation.

Practical Application: Engineering Optimal Performance and Creativity:

Few societies in human history have existed at or close to the optimal level of productivity and creativity. These societies, remembered as great civilizations, left us with significant works of art, architectural marvels, and pioneered knowledge and technological progress. They likely spoke languages that balanced focus, urgency, and creativity near the optimum level according to Wundt's Curve. The theory of “Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Languages” proposes that by modifying the sound structures of languages—either increasing or decreasing the concentration and intensity of alarm sounds—we can engineer the optimal level of focus and urgency in the population to achieve peak productivity and creativity. If societies worldwide could engineer their focus and sense of urgency to maximize productivity and creativity, the theory suggests that every society would become developed and prosperous.

Christopher Richard Oszywa

At roughly the age in the picture, when I was 18, I had my first intuition into the idea that later become the theory of alarm sounds.

Traveling in Tatra mountains, in Poland, I was already deeply preocupied with the theory of Evolutionary Alarm Sounds within Langaugaes.

At Grandmas place, where I spent 2 weeks, putting together the first manuscript of the theory.