The mathematical notation is to save paper and ink, to reduce redundancy.
We don't need actual paper for this kind of work, for one. Plus, you can keep the redundancy (or lack thereof) as is. When you read a "paper", you should be able to rip apart the equations and tinker with them, right on the spot. Right now when you click on a formula in a paper, you don't get this kind of exploratory power.
Object-oriented, relational, standardized data isn't just about slapping your code into some classes and writing your text in Unicode. It's about utterly destroying all of the book-centric thinking that doesn't provide any actual benefit in a connected, electronic age. The current topology is not appropriate. Increasing the complexity of the topology doesn't need to amount to utter chaos if proper standardization is applied.
We can work on eliminating "natural" languages later. Baby steps.
There are people who are perfectly intelligent and capable, but they are being thwarted by the state of things. It's pretty much like trying to pick your nose while wearing boxing gloves. No wonder why most people give up, and take pleasure in announcing their mathematical illiteracy -- they're not masochists. You can label them all you like as "crackpots", or "lazy", or just "downright intellectually inferior", but you're not really fooling anyone over the age of 30. The prestige that you afford yourself, while pretending to be an innovator in public outreach, is simply insulting. It's just the same old blah blah blah.
