According to Nicholas Carr (2010), ‘Socrates was right.’ Once people had acquired the means to write and read their thoughts and the thoughts of others, they relied less upon the contents of their own memories (Carr, 2010). Writing affords us a way to preserve knowledge, information, ideas, and histories. The written word allows for the re-examination of information, and the organization of thoughts, whether they are to-do lists or academic essays. With the invention of letter and printin...
