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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by Gibbon1 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:20PM (#24681981)
When I did industrial stuff I dealt a lot with engineers and techs that were happy doing maintenance. That's probably not something Vonnegut as a writer had any experience with.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by eropple on Sunday October 04, 2020 @05:16PM (#24682307)
Individuals can be. Systems with bad rewards for doing so rarely are.

For a tech example, see how reliably Google rewards teams for making new stuff and not for keeping it running.

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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by Gibbon1 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @05:43PM (#24682488)
Counter example the hateful Microsoft seems to be able to keep stuff working for decades.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by Tehdasi on Sunday October 04, 2020 @06:19PM (#24682711)
But ppl don't hate them for maintaining their old products.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by kwhitefoot on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:51PM (#24682170)
Engineers and technicians are a minority group. Your positive experience of that group doesn't necessarily invalidate Vonnegut's observation about people in general.
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Re:Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastructure mai... by jhfdbkofdcho on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:55PM (#24682185)
you don't know much about Kurt Vonnegut's background.
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