> the current iteration of cafes is but a pale imitation of what they were in the past. >Revolutions were plotted, art movements invented, and history made in p

> the current iteration of cafes is but a pale imitation of what they were in the past. >Revolutions were plotted, art movements invented, and history made in places like Cafe Central in Vienna. That was simply out of necessity. Revolutions are plotted, art movements invented, and history is made on the internet now. If these things are your metric, cafe's will never again return to the glory days.