> a lot of big thinkers in that era felt that writing and reading would lead to the degradation of the human memory. And I'd hazard that they were right. Howe

> a lot of big thinkers in that era felt that writing and reading would lead to the degradation of the human memory. And I'd hazard that they were right. However the degradation wasn't catastrophic because searching books is hard, so people still had to develop their memories.