Not knocking the method described but I find the name richly ironic since Socrates was not exactly a fan of writing.

""" your affection for [writing] has made you describe its effects as the opposite of what they really are. In fact, it will introduce forgetfulness into the soul of those who learn it: they will not practice using their memory because they will put their trust in writing, which is external and depends on signs that belong to others, instead of trying to remember from the inside, completely on their own. You have not discovered a potion for remembering, but for reminding; you provide your students with the appearance of wisdom, not with its reality. Your invention will enable them to hear many things without being properly taught, and they will imagine that they have come to know much while for the most part they will know nothing. And they will be difficult to get along with, since they will merely appear to be wise instead of really being so. """

I have always thought that it was his stance on documenting was his real crime. The state couldn’t have influencers that didn’t respect the written word.

Well said and great point. I suppose he'd prefer we just have a dialogue with ourselves in our heads. For me, journaling is that middle ground, a mix of both, i guess. Thank you for this.

Ironic how much this sounds like the modern criticisms of AI

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WTF I just posted this quote in another thread like half an hour ago.