The Disappearing Art of Maintenance

The work of maintenance is ultimately a way of parsing and knowing a thing and deciding, over and over, what it’s worth. “Maintenance should be seen as a noble craft,”

Maintenance isn’t a program. It’s a practice.

That’s the difference between maintenance and repair. Repair is when you fix something that’s already broken. Maintenance is about making something last.

The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change