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The Unseen Work: Stewart Brand on Maintenance and Civilization
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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The Unseen Work: Stewart Brand on Maintenance and Civilization is an episode from EconTalk by Library of Economics and Liberty. What does a lone sailor circling the globe have to do with the fall of empires, the Model T, and the rise of AI?...
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Published Apr 6, 2026, 01:27:08 long, audio available.
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