• EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

  • Sep 16 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
  • Podcast
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

  • Summary

  • 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 Schwartz Cowan (1983).

    • EXTRAS:
      • "Freakonomics Radio Takes to the Skies," series by Freakonomics Radio (2023).
      • "Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
      • "Why Larry Summers Is the Economist Everyone Hates to Love," by Freakonomics Radio (2017).
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