Tradition is Smarter (2018)
Coincidentally I had debates recently about traditions. In particular about Monarchies.<p>While traditions can be there for reasons and it&#x27;s OK to follow some traditions, all traditions should be questioned. The amount of knowledge we have today is not comparable with what we had in any previous time in history. The article actually proves that. We now know about chronic cyanide poisoning to a level that was unknown even to the population that developed traditions to avoid it.<p>Also traditions can:<p>- Have lost the original problem they were developed to address.<p>- Always been the wrong choice (but probably without giving a significant disadvantage to a population).<p>- Be irrelevant as better methods are now available.<p>In short the Monarchy serve no real purpose in modern societies. Even as a symbol, it&#x27;s a very bad symbol.