I guess my thoughts on this are about the same regarding anything "new" vs. old. When things go awry like electricity or power going out, keyboards, EVs, lights, computers, televisions, Ipads, Kindles, dishwashers, washing machines etc.... we find ourselves reverting to the "old" tried and true and knowing what to do when "progress" fails us. I believe it's worth the time to learn the "old" way of doing things: reading actual books not pads, actually washing dishes by hand etc....and that includes cursive. So much of our history is written as such and not to be able to read the real documents only seems to make them appear less important when seeing them on screens. Perhaps that explains today's laissez-faire attitudes regarding preserving our actual history....
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