> [!tldr] Nothing is truly stagnant. Everything degrades. Nothing is truly stagnant, not permanent. Everything degrades. Everything needs maintenance on a long enough timeline. The very best we can do is make things that will last for our lifetimes. Even our most basic software is dependent on kernels technologies that may go extinct, on computers that will fail. **The only way to ensure things endure is to maintain them**. Upgrade your software and hardware, and change with the times. > [!note] > This does not imply everything degrades *at the same rate*. > - A house made of bricks will outlast a house made of straw, all else equal. > - A system built in [[Notion]] (or any highly integrated system) will be harder to maintain over decades than one built on [[Plain Text Durability|plain text]]. **** # More ## Source - [[The Inevitable]] ## Related - [[Permanent Newbies]] - [[Maintenance is Underappreciated]] - [[Simple is Maintainable]]