samedi 17 novembre 2018

Platon et Facebook


L'auteur du texte puise dans le "Phèdre" de Platon pour étoffer sa critique de Facebook.

 "The art of writing, Theuth said, “will make the Egyptians wiser and give them better memories; it is a specific both for the memory and for the wit.”

But Thamus rebuffed him.

“O most ingenious Theuth,” he said, “the parent or inventor of an art is not always the best judge of the utility or inutility of his own inventions to the users of them.”

The king continued: “For this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember themselves.”

Written words, Thamus concluded, “give your disciples not truth, but only the semblance of truth; they will be hearers of many things but will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.”

Welcome to Facebook."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg-investigation-election.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

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