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Why the computer hate?
If I tried to write long form by hand, somewhere around two-thirds down the first page I’d have nothing but illegible chicken scratch.
No hate anywhere. Writing by hand is a commited effort. The moment the ink sets, it's there. No back space to hit and erase whatever you wrote because it doesn't sound good. You can cross it out but when you go back to read what may have survived you remember what you rejected in the moment and that may actually be useful if tweaked or reviewed.
And writing by hand is useful. It actuates the body. Works it. Develops fine motor skills. It can even let out cues to mental states in how the hand writing comes out. And it is physical. It exists. It is not an ethereal string of bits that may cease to exist if an electrically charged storage medium fails.