And two thousand years ago Socrates said the same thing about writing: > For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use i

And two thousand years ago Socrates said the same thing about writing: > For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3894 https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3894 I love to mention this whenever someone taking the “this new tech is bad” angle. We have to be careful to not just have the bias of “whatever existed when I was born is obvious, anything new that I don’t understand is bad.”