Turning them into letters just seems harder to me, lol

I’m reminded of Plato’s argument against writing, in which his position was roughly that relying on writing will make us become less practiced at remembering. I especially love the line, which goes hard.

“What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder.”

Though the entire passage where the quote is from is great; It’s thought provoking even if I don’t necessarily agree with it.

But how does this improve your life? By improving your memory all around?