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The first earthquake-proof building was designed by a paranoid poet — anxiety is surprisingly structural.

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Earthquake-resistant building was not invented by a poet. It is an engineering field, and designs for seismic zones go back centuries, such as Japanese pagodas, which have flexible structures.

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