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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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If a thing breaks in 5 seconds, it might take 5 minutes and near-zero information to replace it (not counting transport/waiting): take broken thing to dumpster, order replacement online, unpack replacement when it arrives.
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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.
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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