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An existential dilemma — indeed a {{tag|paradox}} — first adverted to in the libretto of [[Puttanesca Rigatoni]]’s now largely forgotten comic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'' (often performed in German, as ''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]'') the modern world is blighted by the comforting embrace of boxes to tick, checklists to complete, and audit trails to measure, all of whom substitute for a qualitative assessment of a state of affairs the measurement of its superficial dimensions. | An existential dilemma — indeed a {{tag|paradox}} — first adverted to in the libretto of [[Puttanesca Rigatoni]]’s now largely forgotten comic opera ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'' (often performed, if performed at all, in German, as ''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]'') the modern world is blighted by the comforting embrace of boxes to tick, checklists to complete, and audit trails to measure, all of whom substitute for a qualitative assessment of a state of affairs the measurement of its superficial dimensions. | ||
{{Seealso}} | {{Seealso}} | ||
*Closely related to the [[technology paradox]] | *Closely related to the [[technology paradox]] |