> QWERTY [...] the core idea of slowing down typing became outdated long ago. And even back then it wasn't true. QWERTY keyboard was not designed to slow typis

> QWERTY [...] the core idea of slowing down typing became outdated long ago. And even back then it wasn't true. QWERTY keyboard was not designed to slow typist down, it was designed so letters that follow each other most often were as far on the hammer row (and thus on the keyboard) as possible.