Since the earliest towns and cities formed there have been periods where “heroic societies” celebrated powerful men by showering them with women and luxury goods, burying them like kings and immortalizing them with legends and songs. Beowulf is kind of the archetypal example.
I strongly believe that in modern times whenever we’ve veered toward fascism it’s because that social memory leaked out.
I have a dedica and find it can be a little underpowered with an unpressurized basket (though the coffee looks so pretty). First thing I’d try is - without adjusting your grind - to back off to 8g to reduce the extraction time and see how it is.
If you’ve also had it for a while and have never descaled you should do that as well, even if the machine hasn’t bugged you about it yet.