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> I noted that in reality, the only member of staff I could > safely count on to stay at the company was called 'wiki'. True, but that flies in the face of A
by kps 12y ago
> I noted that in reality, the only member of staff I could
> safely count on to stay at the company was called 'wiki'.
True, but that flies in the face of Agile™ dogma: “The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.”
Plato similarly argued against literacy. He didn't tell me that face-to-face; someone wrote it down.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoIt was Socrates that argued against literacy and Plato who wrote it down. "Nothing that has ever been written whether in verse or prose merits much serious attention." I also think that Plato writing it down was one of the earliest post-modern jokes.
- kps 12y agoI've always thought of this Socrates as a character in Plato's works inspired by the person, with the degree of fidelity unknown.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoThat is a reasonable interpretation, especially since Plato was not present in the dialogue between Phaedrus and Socrates, so the whole thing is either fiction or a dramatised retelling. However, this lends credence to the idea that Plato was being partly humorous about his own work, when he wrote down the section dealing with writing.