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I think that the true fundamental constant is 'bar' which is the reciprocal of tau. Physicists are always talking about hbar, for example.
Even more interesting, though, is the issue of which is more fundamental: e or 1/e? I'm getting to the age where I consider decay more fundamental than growth.
As far as e goes, I would say that the true fundamental there is the function exp(z) = e^z. Then e and 1/e are just special values of that function, exp(1) and exp(-1) -- nothing to be terribly interested in.
I favor 1/e, because I am demented.