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The only way to build something that lasts 10k years is to build hundreds of things designed to last 10k years, and maybe one or two of them will actually last.
by andrewla 7y ago
The only way to build something that lasts 10k years is to build hundreds of things designed to last 10k years, and maybe one or two of them will actually last. That's the only technique that's worked in the past.
- mywittyname 7y agoSome future archeologist is going to dig up a cell phone.
- jandrese 7y agoAnd it will be a Nokia 3310 that still works and has 30% battery life remaining.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoMore likely lots of toilet bowls.
- bullen 7y agoI agree if it has to be hardware, otherwise you just build software.
- rtkwe 7y agoSoftware is probably the worst example of something long lasting. You need the entire environment that it's designed to run in for it to be useful at all. Even trying to run software from 30 years ago is only easy where we've intentionally preserved or recreated the tools to run it, eg emulators or virtual machines.
- asdff 7y agoThe real only way is to maintain what you already have and refuse the urge to raze and rebuild to contemporary taste. Things don't just happen to last, they are actively repaired as needed.