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Maintenance is palpable
Maintenance

Maintenance is palpable

We moved into an “old” house this month. Built over 80 years ago, you can sense the builder’s personality in the place. Mr. B… a bridge builder with hidden desires of becoming an architect. It shows. The beams are magnificent. Our structures, spectacular. And yet, the design seems amalgam.
Apr 25, 2021 1 min read
Herb Simon on maintenance
Maintenance

Herb Simon on maintenance

Stewart Brand asks a great question [https://twitter.com/stewartbrand/status/1211327446609358848?s=19]: Did Herbert Simon explore the maintenance of systems? I haven’t found Simon discuss maintenance explicitly. But two related themes are worth highlighting: (1) Simon discusses maintenance through the topic of homeostasis. “For example, Maintenance of
Dec 29, 2019 3 min read
A short description of maintenance
Maintenance

A short description of maintenance

My understanding of maintenance: * More: capable to continue to evolve * Less: contain at status quo / steady state Related to infrastructure: * Keep flexible so can accommodate future changes And don’t forget the personal maintenance it takes to pursue unique ideas or to have sufficient “slack” to emotionally support others The
Dec 28, 2019
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