In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 6 Apr 2023 20:47:41 -0400: Hi, ...yet without writing, we would have no clue that what he said. :) [snip] >https://fs.blog/an-old-argument-against-writing/ > >. . . And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing >that is your offspring have declared the very opposite of its true effect. >If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls. *They will >cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, >calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by >means of external marks*. > >What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder. And >it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only the semblance >of wisdom, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you >will make them seem to know much while for the most part they know nothing. >And as men filled not with wisdom but with the conceit of wisdom they will >be a burden to their fellows. Cloud storage:-
Unsafe, Slow, Expensive ...pick any three.
