Re:Ask HN: What have we lost in tech and society?
by chrispeel on Friday September 23, 2022 @06:45PM
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> What have we lost in tech and society?
Socrates claims that there is a forgetfulness that comes with writing [1]. I guess that changing from passing history through oral stories to passing history through writing certainly means that some oral skills will be lost. I guess every technology, even writing, comes with its own set of tradeoffs
Socrates claims that there is a forgetfulness that comes with writing [1]. I guess that changing from passing history through oral stories to passing history through writing certainly means that some oral skills will be lost. I guess every technology, even writing, comes with its own set of tradeoffs
[1] https://newlearningonline.com/literacies/chapter-1/socrates-...