Someone (Socrates, maybe[1]) said writing[2] is dead.
Once something gets written down[3], it dies. You can no longer interact with the idea as you might in a conversation. It's static, chiseled in a kind of invisible stone.
When ideas are emitted during a discussion, they're alive. You can play with them, push them around and shift them. They're light and plastic. Written down, they're made heavy and frozen.
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3: /thought/the-authority-of-writing.gmi