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Why I hate the index finger (1980)

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255 points consumer451 | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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DiggyJohnson ◴[19 Nov 24 15:33 UTC] No.42184584[source]▶
Worth the read.

I am so worried that we as a society have lost the ability to write well, and risk losing the ability to recognize and appreciate good writing. Rote professional written communication skills are changing and diminishing. The written word is generally seen to be a burden. Anyways, bittersweet thoughts from a really funny article.

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1. blt ◴[19 Nov 24 19:39 UTC] No.42187271[source]▶
Thanks to LLMs, the death of stylish writing in non-literary fields is assured. I agree, many people seem to view writing as a burden.

I have only met a handful of people that can lay out a complex argument from scratch in speech alone. For most of us, writing is thinking. If you avoid writing, your ideas will remain murky forever.