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Thanks Freakonomics

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You can listen to Freakonomics radio’s delightful piece on the value of handwriting vs keyboarding (as well as yours truly opining about shorthand) on their latest podcast: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/who-needs-handwriting/

Published by Dennis Hollier

As a writer, I'm fascinated by the often inscrutable ways the world works. Sometimes, that means I write about science and the people trying to understand the basic laws of nature. Sometimes, it means I write about the intersection of business and culture, and about how the two fundamentally shape and reflect one another. But I hope everything I write is tinged with my sense of wonder at just how complex and beautiful the world is.

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  1. J Grossman says:
    February 14, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    I heard about you on Freakonomics. I, too, write shorthand, and use it often. I learned in high school, and used it for notes in college.

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    1. Dennis Hollier says:
      February 15, 2016 at 3:54 pm

      I’m always glad to hear that people are still using shorthand. A couple years ago, I interviewed the last court reporter in Hawaii who still used shorthand instead of the stenograph machine. She wrote over 200 words a minute, and could take shorthand in English, Hawaiian, and Filipino. Pretty cool!

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