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5 benefits of handwriting we'll lose if it becomes extinct

Writing by hand can be slow, but it offers a lot in return

More and more, we're writing by hand less and less. With the ubiquity of laptops, smartphones and tablets, there's much less of a reason to break out a pen and paper when a keyboard is right at our fingertips. While you're generally able to write things down much faster by computer than by hand, there are plenty of things we'll be missing out on in the name of expediency. Here are some pretty important things that will be gone if handwriting dies away.