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This Modern Life is full of efficiencies: high-fructose corn syrup, the bubbly shape of modern cars, 2 GB RAM. In general, efficient markets and efficient products make the world a better place. Efficiencies can also make life very bland. Steampunk paradoxically celebrates both technology and inefficiency. Using steam, steel, gears, a DIY ethic and a [...]