You are assuming everyone has the same goals, context, and motivations for doing things as you do. The answer for how best to live one's life is still very much an open problem.
Edit: Even more so, ignoring the problematic assumptions laid out above, others have stated elegantly that if efficiency, etc was your true goal, then we should focus on learning the most effective and efficient language, not simply the most widely used (currently English)
Edit: Even more so, ignoring the problematic assumptions laid out above, others have stated elegantly that if efficiency, etc was your true goal, then we should focus on learning the most effective and efficient language, not simply the most widely used (currently English)