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The sensible middle ground would be 24/32. That's a pretty close match for the typical 60/40 weight distribution, and handily biased to throw the surplus axial stiffness at the front wheel where it's felt most.
Our parents were not wrong when they defaulted to 32/40 rather than 36/36, and the demise of differential spoke counts on commodity bikes was not done for the benefit of users but for the convenience of factories.