Since the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation
Many words are written the same way. In both cases, context is what does the actual trick. If you read "the damn was 10 meters high" it goes as far as assuming a typo.
I agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.