So I saw this online debate on ideas about the future and someone said that ai chatbots could never instigate any future because they're fixated on the past. And that made me remember the Socratic/Plato thing about dialogic learning and that writing is essentially dead words on a page because the writer (if they are dead) cannot argue or develop new ideas.

And they really had a point didn't they?

#plato #dialogism #academicchatter

Plato's Argument Against Writing
https://fs.blog/an-old-argument-against-writing/

Plato's Argument Against Writing

The people who invent something new, create a new tool or technology are not necessarily the people who are going to understand what the social impact of those inventions are going to be.

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[Zone 54 - 1/12] Le documentaire ZONE 54

Zone 54 est un documentaire collaboratif, photographique et sonore, réalisé de 2012 à 2017, en collaboration avec Emy, Le fils, Gaëtan, Ingrid et Mike, Franck et mon fidèle #pentax67

Merci à toutes les personnes que j’ai rencontré depuis 2012, et qui m’ont aidé pour ce projet. Merci mille fois à Emy qui s’est incroyablement investi depuis 8 ans maintenant ! Sa série sur les chiens en festival est présente ici ! Nous pensons même à une suite :)
Note 2025 : On ne le répète jamais assez, mais un projet collaboratif — et tout projet ethnologique — n’existe que grâce aux personnes qui nous accueillent, partagent leur temps et s’investissent à nos côtés. Elles nous ouvrent leurs portes, nous laissent les accompagner pendant des mois, des années... Rien de tout cela ne serait possible sans elles.
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[Zone 54 - 1/12] ZONE 54 : documentary
Zone 54 is a dialogic photographic and sound documentary created between 2012 and 2017, in collaboration with Emy, Le Fils, Gaëtan, Ingrid and Mike, Franck, and my faithful #Pentax67.
A huge thank you to everyone I’ve met since 2012 who has contributed to this project. A special thanks to Emy, whose incredible dedication has lasted for eight years now! His series on festival dogs is featured here, and we’re even thinking about a sequel :)
Note 2025: It cannot be said enough—collaborative projects, and any ethnographic work, exist only thanks to the people who welcome us, share their time, and invest themselves in the process. They open their doors, allow us to be with them for months, even years… None of this would be possible without them.

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