Re:Socrates Was Against Writing (2011)
by mjburgess on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:46AM
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Learning is a social process. It requires more than one person.
What you are doing alone is maybe "silently pondering" but it is just, at best, a tidying up of what you have gained socially.
The kind of thinking we manage to internalise and perform individually is an impoverished kind, and lacks the ability to do a lot for us.
All psychological growth is therapeutic, requiring a therapist (educator, coach, peer, friend, ...) to serve as a foil to push you past the cycles of your current safe state.
What you are doing alone is maybe "silently pondering" but it is just, at best, a tidying up of what you have gained socially.
The kind of thinking we manage to internalise and perform individually is an impoverished kind, and lacks the ability to do a lot for us.
All psychological growth is therapeutic, requiring a therapist (educator, coach, peer, friend, ...) to serve as a foil to push you past the cycles of your current safe state.