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Everyone knows creation takes longer than destruction, but interestingly maintenance and repair as systematic tendencies take longer than creation. Not in a per-instance/marginal cost sense but in terms of the knowledge/skill/infrastructure needed for a repair culture.
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But even the simplest repair, like gluing 2 pieces together, assumes more time, knowledge, inventory (glue), and skill than creation (at your locus obviously, not the thing factory or glue factory)
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In Hindu trinity, maintenance > destruction >> creation. Brahma (creator) is basically awol after creation, Siva (destroyer) is prominent, but Vishnu (preserver) dominates. I’d guess by temple count that Vishnu = 10x Siva = 1000x Brahma. I’ve never even been to a Brahma temple.
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Interestingly symbolic that Vishnu has 10 avatars, a couple of which (Rama and Krishna) possibly each outnumber Siva by temple count. Could be interpreted as: maintenance and repair work manifest in a lot more varied ways.
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Polytheism is the way to go for DIY types. You don’t want the generic customer service line. You want the direct line to the god in charge of L-Bracket Type C.
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I find it troubling and suspicious that it is often cheaper to replace something than fix it. I suspect that the cost of replacement is artificially low. Perhaps we face bizarre trade-offs because our economy is way off the optimal path
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