>Sousa was right. Sure, but so was Thamus [0]. The invention of the written word was met with the same skepticism. People feared the loss of oral tradition. No

>Sousa was right. Sure, but so was Thamus [0]. The invention of the written word was met with the same skepticism. People feared the loss of oral tradition. No more bards memorizing epic tales to be passed down from generation to generation, just passive consumers reading the thoughts of others and mistaking it for wisdom. But ultimately new technologies unlock potential that can't possibly be dreamed of at their inception. Beware the one-eyed prophet who sees any technological innovation as strictly good or bad. [0] https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept12/2012/09/30/what-was-the-judgement-of-thamus/ https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept12/2012/09/30/what-was-the-j...