Having just finished reading Stuart Brand's latest book Maintenance of Everything: Part I... I thoroughly enjoyed his interview with Ezra Klein...which you can watch and/or read the transcript of here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-stewart-brand.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dVA.UH-q.EKLjG6SGFVln&smid=url-share
Brand is an inspiration... one thing that struck me was his answer to this question by Klein:How did it come to occupy so much of your mind?
Brand: Because I’m a bad maintainer. I brushed my teeth when I felt like it, and, consequently, I lost quite a few.
Looking into the things that you’re not good at, especially intellectually, is one way to stay young, because you’ve got a beginner’s mind.
But I did grow up with a father who was a do-it-yourself kind of guy with a big bench in the basement. And I had a bench in the basement.
Carsten Müller
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