There's another weird thing with creating with preservation in mind. I'm sure when Speedo made those suits, they weren't thinking about whether they'd keep for

There's another weird thing with creating with preservation in mind. I'm sure when Speedo made those suits, they weren't thinking about whether they'd keep for 40 or 50 years. The idea is that it would be like other clothes. You buy it, wear it until it becomes too threadbare or tears or some other normal thing, discard it, then buy another. That's why historical districts kind of fascinate me. The people who built that house, that pub, that shop, they weren't thinking "Geez, this will stand forever as a perfect representation of life right now", they were thinking "Well. I need a roof over my head". And they'd build extensions, re-purpose rooms, remodel, etc. All the normal things you do in a house. Then eventually, it becomes a historic landmark and it freezes in time. You can't tear it down, you can't alter it, you can't do much with it anymore. But these weren't concerns of the original builders. It's likely they did tear down something to put this up. It's all very weird to me. Especially since I do like checking out those kinds of places and I know that those preservation efforts are what allows us to have this view into the past. But it is odd.