Reid Hoffman

By the way, some scholars disagree with this particular interpretation because scholars have all kinds of different interpretations, but I think it's a reasonable interpretation. So Socrates in Phaedrus was, I mistrust the written word versus the spoken word. And I mistrust it because when I'm here, when we're speaking words together, I can hear how you're hearing my words and I can adjust it.

By the way, some scholars disagree with this particular interpretation because scholars have all kinds of different interpretations, but I think it's a reasonable interpretation. So Socrates in Phaedrus was, I mistrust the written word versus the spoken word. And I mistrust it because when I'm here, when we're speaking words together, I can hear how you're hearing my words and I can adjust it.

I can be dynamically interactive with you.

I can be dynamically interactive with you.

I can be dynamically interactive with you.

true, more close to reality, more a shared learning experience than what might happen with a written word, which could be who knows where it goes and it could be abused and it could be misrepresented and it could be misunderstood.

true, more close to reality, more a shared learning experience than what might happen with a written word, which could be who knows where it goes and it could be abused and it could be misrepresented and it could be misunderstood.

true, more close to reality, more a shared learning experience than what might happen with a written word, which could be who knows where it goes and it could be abused and it could be misrepresented and it could be misunderstood.

Exactly. The first recording of technology is the written word. There were even challenges then. And then through all major technological innovations. And that's why the opening with the Socrates invaders. But of course, the written word is essential. We do not have anything of the modern world without the written word.

Exactly. The first recording of technology is the written word. There were even challenges then. And then through all major technological innovations. And that's why the opening with the Socrates invaders. But of course, the written word is essential. We do not have anything of the modern world without the written word.

Exactly. The first recording of technology is the written word. There were even challenges then. And then through all major technological innovations. And that's why the opening with the Socrates invaders. But of course, the written word is essential. We do not have anything of the modern world without the written word.

And that doesn't say that Socrates' concerns are even invalid today, a la texting.

And that doesn't say that Socrates' concerns are even invalid today, a la texting.

And that doesn't say that Socrates' concerns are even invalid today, a la texting.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, and by the way, the mistake that most people make, which we now even have to harder steer against is, well, it's quality because I naturally agree with it. It has confirmation bias. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you're like, no, no. It intuitively feels correct. Yeah, it feels like it's right to me. It's what the people in my community are telling me, et cetera.

Oh, and by the way, the mistake that most people make, which we now even have to harder steer against is, well, it's quality because I naturally agree with it. It has confirmation bias. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you're like, no, no. It intuitively feels correct. Yeah, it feels like it's right to me. It's what the people in my community are telling me, et cetera.

Oh, and by the way, the mistake that most people make, which we now even have to harder steer against is, well, it's quality because I naturally agree with it. It has confirmation bias. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you're like, no, no. It intuitively feels correct. Yeah, it feels like it's right to me. It's what the people in my community are telling me, et cetera.