In ancient Athens, Socrates became intolerable not for his ideas, but for how he taught---through relentless conversation that made people accountable for what they claimed to know. He rejected writing not out of nostalgia, but because it removed the living relationship that gave words moral weight. This episode follows Socrates' concern forward through printing, images, recorded sound, and finally AI, showing how each advance strips away another layer of moral mediation. As content becomes abundant and authorship dissolves, the episode asks a modern Socratic question: who answers for the words we now let travel---and can institutions of faith still provide the moral authority needed to frame meaning in an age of artificial voices?
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