[Edling] Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

The Guardian

Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand?

What does it mean to live without handwriting? The skill has deteriorated
gradually, and many of us don’t notice our own loss until we’re asked to
handwrite something and find ourselves bumbling as we put pen to paper...

But we lose something when handwriting disappears. We lose measurable
cognitive skills, and we also lose the pleasure of using our hands and a
writing implement in a process that for thousands of years has allowed
humans to make our thoughts visible to one another. We lose the sensory
experience of ink and paper and the visual pleasure of the handwritten
word. We lose the ability to read the words of the dead.

Full story:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jan/21/signature-moves-are-we-losing-the-ability-to-write-by-hand
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