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The Unseen Work: Stewart Brand on Maintenance and Civilization

EconTalk by Library of Economics and Liberty

Apr 6, 202601:27:08Education

What does a lone sailor circling the globe have to do with the fall of empires, the Model T, and the rise of AI? Everything--because maintenance, the quiet act of keeping things going, turns out to be the hidden force be...

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