[Lgpolicy] Sending a perfectly-written email? That's so low-end.

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

Business Insider

Sending a perfectly-written email? That's so low-end.

 Typos are the new status symbol. Garbled spelling, a missed space,
improper capitalization — those are all the new and best ways to signal to
others that you are powerful and elite...AI tools have made super-polished
text easy to produce for anyone — either because you used ChatGPT to
completely write an email, or a tool like Grammarly to polish up your own
writing...Typos, sloppy grammar, and downright hostile capitalization:
They're all signs of hand-crafted, AI-free writing. And when AI writing
makes text cheap, the value of real writing goes up.

Full story:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-typos-became-new-status-symbol-2026-3
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