Maintenance: Of Everything, 9781953953490
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Maintenance: Keeping everything going, a radical act for civilization’s survival.
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Maintenance: Of Everything

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    308 pages

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    10 February 2026

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Summary

Maintenance: The Unsung Hero of Civilization

The first in-depth exploration of maintenance—and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance—from the author of How Buildings Learn and creator of the *Whole Earth Catalog.*

Maintenance is what keeps everything going. It’s what keeps life going. Yet it’s also easy to shirk or defer—until the thing breaks, the system falters, and everything stops. The apparent paradox is profound: Maintenance is…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781953953490
ISBN-10:1953953492
Series:Maintenance: Of Everything
Author:Stewart Brand
Publisher:Stripe Matter Inc
Imprint:Stripe Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:308
Release Date:10 February 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm
About The Author

Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand is the cofounder and president of The Long Now Foundation and cofounder of Global Business Network, the Hackers Conference, and the WELL. He created and edited the National Book Award-winning Whole Earth Catalog from 1968 to 1998. His books include The Media Lab (1987), How Buildings Learn (1994), The Clock of the Long Now (1999), and Whole Earth Discipline (2009). He was the subject of the documentary We Are As Gods (2020). He graduated from Stanford with a degree in biology and served as an infantry officer in the US Army.

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