At least in retrospect, this doesn't surprise me. If Kafka had been a 21st-century American, he probably would have written a novel about medical billing instea

At least in retrospect, this doesn't surprise me. If Kafka had been a 21st-century American, he probably would have written a novel about medical billing instead of The Trial. An incomprehensible cost structure represents, in some sense, infinite risk. Why wouldn't people be hesitant to engage?