Being a luddite terrified of old things becoming absolete is not a conservative value, fearful posturing of yourself and others not withstanding.
Language is an essential skill. Use of a particular rapidly fading method of preserving it rather than superior methods of preserving language, not so much.
People who can not conjugate their verbs properly or identify the subject of a sentence are noncompetitive in social interactions essential to their success. People who can’t write cursive are not.
If our company head asked for a report on business prospects in a new market and our sales rep sent back something in longhhand, it would be assumed he put no more work into the information compiled than he did the presentation. He just might wind up looking for a new job.
It is the epitomy of a nonessential skill.
Ever see “Idiocracy?”
Why do you think its a good thing that people not have the ability to read our nations founding documents in their original form?
Do you really want academics to be the only ones who can read and interpret those documents for following generations? That’s exactly what people like William Ayers have been working toward for the last 40 years.