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RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoGen X here and my boomer friends in US educational circles normally pointed out the Socrates quote but they stopped doing that a few years ago. Social media has devastated the ability of young Americans to think critically according to most.
nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I have to imagine it’s because Socrates also believed that writing and reading information harmed our thinking. He thought that memory was the most important, and expected oral recollections of all his teachings.
…which definitely sounds like more criticism of youth 😂