[mdgrech23]

wow oh wow what a great comment. I think the reason dance went away is a lot of men engaged in predatory behavior while drunk, that is that would approach the woman from behind and "grind" himself on her which is really just sexual assault.

I often think about how we replace things with technology and say it's better. Bread is another example in my opinion. Towns used to have bread makers, well respected and well paid. Now, at least here in the USA we replaced the bread makers with machines. We got rid of the bread makers and ultimately replaced them with engineers who design the machines and repair men. Even they've been replaced, once designed there's no need for the engineer and it's often cheaper to buy than repair so the repair man too went away. What we're left with is subpar bread. How is any of this progress?

[bombela]

I suspect you can make better bread more consistently with machines.

But that would requires trying to make good bread. Not trying to make something passable for an American (and barely edible for a French) with the highest profit margin.

[immibis]

I don't expect this has changed significantly in the past few decades.