I can probably write 20 times faster in cursive than in block letters. I also know I can write in cursive at least twice if not 3 times faster than typing on a standard keyboard, and I’m not a bad typist. Anyone who thinks cursive is useless and slow doesn’t do much writing.
Yeah, when was the last time you saw business professionals taking notes in cursive?
About never, even when they’re older people who prefer that method. They either use recorders, keyboards or electronic tablets - or if relegated to pen and paper, print or use shorthand.
Cursive is basically dead in real-world use with the exception of the signature - and even that may be replaced with an electronic equivalent soon, or microprinting signets.
I once made 238 wpm ~ typing. You can’t touch that with a team of monkeys doing cursive.