
Maintenance: Of Everything
part one
$60.00
- Hardcover
308 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2026
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 |
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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 |
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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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