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# [The First Pharmakon: Plato's Theuth, Thamus, and the Technology That Promised Wisdom](https://daimones.hashnode.dev/the-first-pharmakon-plato-s-theuth-thamus-and-the-technology-that-promised-wisdom?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Two thousand four hundred years ago, Plato recorded a myth that cuts to the heart of our current epistemological crisis. The myth of Theuth and Thamus

Jul 18 · 11 min read · daimones.hashnode.dev  
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