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Alternatively, given Plato knew damn well what he was writing down, it is one of the earliest surviving examples of a postmodern joke.

Also, the dialog is not against writing, it merely states that dialog is superior for presenting and exploring ideas or knowing what someone is about.

It also says that writing is something you can do as a pastime in later years, but it is not the serious pursuit of one's life, which I also suspect is Plato commenting upon himself from the text.