The Art of Manliness

By The Art of Manliness

#658: In Praise of Maintenance in a World Obsessed With Innovation

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Published November 04, 2020 10:21am

Humans like starting new things much more than taking care of older things. This is true on both an institutional and individual level: it's more exciting to build a new road than to maintain it; more exciting to lose weight than to keep it off. There's plenty of short-term pleasure and intrinsic motivation when it comes to pursuing something novel, but the effort to keep up unsexy maintenance on what we've already got takes real intent.

My guest today says we've lost that intent and need to revive it. His name is Lee Vinsel and he's a...

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