Everything decays without maintenance

Their wordsDecay is in fact the rule: the maintenance of old institutional abilities is difficult, and the growth of new ones is rare.

Their wordsPeople are getting sick of frameworks. All the JavaScript frameworks are so… What do you call it, like wieldy. It takes so much work to just maintain this code, and then it updates to a new version, you need to change everything. PHP just stays the same and works.

Their wordsPut these two characteristics together and you have a key insight; Cities routinely trade near-term cash advantages associated with new growth for long-term financial obligations associated with maintenance of infrastructure.

Their wordsFeelings, or vibes, on the other hand, seem to stick around a lot longer.

Their wordsFreedom of navigation is a global public good, and public goods decay the instant their provider is revealed to be unwilling to pay for them.

Their wordsAnd if you look at the robo taxis that are that are even on the streets today, it's taken 10 years for that to happen. Look at all the maintenance crews and all of the the the various, you know, hubs that they're in where you have to take care of these robo taxis and just imagine we have a billion robots.

Their wordsVery few programs ever reach the point that they are heavily used and long-lived. Almost everything has few users, or is short-lived, or both.

Their wordsunmaintained infrastructure degrades more quickly, and is more expensive to fix in the long run.