I think all future dining rooms should be square. Why? So
that a round table can fit squarely in there.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the virtues of the
round table. It’s very democratic.
There is no head and everyone is on par. You don’t have to think about where
you sit and whether you’ll be stuck next to cousin Mildred who drones on about
her cats. At a round table,
everyone is part of every conversation.
There’s no monopolization, polarization, or isolation.
Legend has it that King Arthur ordered that a round table be
built so that none of his knights had precedence over the other. It was a
radical concept of equality. Winston Churchill, too, apparently preferred a round
table to conduct business.
So, next time you’re stuck at one end of a long table, think
how King Arthur was secure enough not to be a head, but to be ahead of his
time.