EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

We revisit an episode from 2016 that asks: Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of? SOURCES: Martin Casado , general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Ruth Schwartz Cowan , professor emerita of history and sociology of science at University of Pennsylvania. Edward Glaeser , professor of economics at Harvard University. Chris Lacinak , founder and president of AVPreserve. Andrew Russell , provost of SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Lawrence Summers , professor and president emeritus of Harvard University; former Secretary of the Treasury and former director of the National Economic Council. Lee Vinsel , professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech. RESOURCES: “ Hail the Maintainers ," by Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel ( Aeon, 2016). “ A Lesson on Infrastructure From the Anderson Bridge Fiasco ,” by Lawrence Summers and Rachel Lipson ( The Boston Globe , 2016). Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier , by Edward Glaeser (2008). More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave , by Ruth Schwa…