Oz Frankel, Journal Editor Regina Rini What Socrates Didn’t Write Socrates never wrote anything; he thought the technology of writing was dangerous for the self and the social fabric. That curmudgeonly stance has lately made Socrates a character in public debates about artificial intelligence (AI). Here I return to the source, unpacking what bothered Socrates about writing and whether it really does tell us anything about our technological moment. Socrates’s arguments are mor