handwriting and the future

we are getting to the point where the wealthy are feeling the pinch of being too computer literate. kidding aside, this raises the question, do we need to know how to manually write? cursive writing today could easily be limited to learning how to write your own name and read all the letters, and nothing would really change. as far as manuscript writing, this is the only way we really need to hammer home when writing, as there will always be the need to jot things down. let's ditch script writing is all i'm saying.