Comment by nancyminusone
Comment by nancyminusone 4 days ago
I'd argue that if cursive was useful, it wouldn't be dying. It did used to be useful, but there's plenty of other skills that were too, died long ago and rightly are not taught to everyone anymore.
Typing at speed on a fully mechanical typewriter was an incredibly valuable skill that required a lot of physical and mental training.
It disappeared in a single generation and nobody looked back except for old typists that refused to learn the new skill. They eventually died and now that skill is basically extinct.
Nothing of value was lost.