On: Why American cities can’t keep up with infrastruct...

[eropple]

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.

[Gibbon1 → eropple]

Counter example the hateful Microsoft seems to be able to keep stuff working for decades.

[Tehdasi → Gibbon1]

But ppl don't hate them for maintaining their old products.