Perhaps one potential answer among others is to consider whether the decline of some elements of a TEK system, in order to incorporate new knowledge, leads to more or less options for responding to disturbance or variability.
As you pointed out, there are far less options for quality music than there was before.
Repetitions in tone and text could stand a few trims, and Berlin's output affords Felder less options for concert fireworks at the keyboard than previous excursions.
There are arguably less options for risk taking speculators now, less viable alt projects, in my view - but the few that are out there, like Ethereum, offer a lot of promise because of how broad in scope and application they are.
An expansive covered patio, expected to open soon, will provide a less stylized — and, crucially, less noisy — option for seating.
If rail is a less attractive option for producers of light crude, it will certainly become even less feasible for tar sands producers, who haven't had the same success with it to begin with.
However, alternatives such as lateral movement of older workers to less physically demanding positions cited elsewhere [ 10, 26, 27], are a less likely option for many small rural health services, already short of staff.
Increases in tuition fees have made medicine a much less attractive option for many students.
State and city officials also said they were concerned that eliminating dividend taxes would make municipal bonds a less attractive option for investors.
