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People are not freaking out because the damper is doing its job of limiting the movement of the building. They never felt the actual force of the earthquake.

I was on the ground floor of a modern building in Tokyo when Fukushima happened and barely felt a thing. These systems are remarkably effective.

I would not expect this system to have any effect on shaking at ground floor level - it's meant to counteract sway, which at ground floor should be zero.

This engineering idea/concept/design is WAY older than "westworld"

Look at japanese engineering that implemented the same concept for their castles... WAY THE HECK earlier...

Although it's in passive voice and thus not always taught or preferred, "<x> was copied by <y>" means that <x> came first, not <y>.