Have you ever wondered why they don't teach kids to write in cursive anymore?"
And no, it's not a coincidence that they tend to use it less and less.
Writing in cursive means translating thoughts into words; it forces you not to take your hand off the paper.
A thought-stimulating effort, that allows you to associate ideas, tie them and put them into relation.
Not by any chance the word cursive comes from the Latin «currere», which runs, which flows, because the thought is winged, runs, flies.
Of course cursive has no place in today's world, a world that does its best to slow down the development of thought, to stuff it.
Think that cursive was born in Italy and then spread all over the world.
Why ?
Because it was compact, elegant, clear writing. Because it connects neural pathways that are only
connected in this way. And because AI cannot read it.
A friend of mine wrote down the name of a product she was looking for, took it to the store and handed it to a young man working there and asked his assistance in locating that item. He looked at it quizzically, then handed it back to her, saying he couldn’t read it! Confused, My friend said she knew her penmanship wasn’t very good anymore, but she had written the brand quite clearly. His response just floored her………he said he didn’t know anything about her “pen-whatever”, but he simply couldn’t read “that sqiggly-type “ writing! So sad! Guess that means he cannot read ANY of our historic documents…..the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution or the Bill of Rights, to name a few? I had beautiful handwriting until I was diagnosed with “writer’s dystonia” which affects your dexterity, so when I try to write, muscle spasms occur and I cannot control the formation of letters! I really miss writing letters to folks, which I now have to do on the computer!
