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"We primitive Europeans usually eat at dinner, just as we listen during the playing of music" dixit Karel Capek in 1926 in the New York Times. Efficiency and competition require getting rid of all that that creates #resilience, slack and #redundancy, #comfort and #wellbeing. That was true in 1926 and it's still true today. I'm afraid, however, that Europeans moved into the American direction anyway since the 1920s. @nntaleb I bet you knew Capek already? https://www.nytimes.com/1926/05/16/archives/we-alarm-and-amuse-m-capek-author-of-rur-trembles-to-see-our-ideals.html