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> At first, there were many people typing, then later [...] There were more people typing than ever before? Look around you, we're all typing all day long.
by jstanley 11mo ago
> At first, there were many people typing, then later [...]
There were more people typing than ever before? Look around you, we're all typing all day long.
- kllamnjro 11mo agoI think they meant that there was a time when people’s jobs were: 1. either reading notes in shorthand, or reading something from a sheet that was already fully typed using a typewriter, or listening to recorded or live dictation 2. then typing that content out into a typewriter. People were essentially human copying machines.