On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 5:41:28 PM UTC-5, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   >    
   > So - really long-lasting technology needs constant maintenance,   
   > unless you want to postulate materials that are far different   
   > from what we have today.   
      
   We don't _intend_ our technology to show that kind of endurance, today, so we   
   don't usually design with that in mind (with the exception of certain   
   architecture and buildings and a handful of other stuff).   
      
   It's true that we can't currently built megayear-scale tech, but if we sat   
   down and _tried_ to design electronics or other machines to last for centuries   
   unmaintained, and spent appropriate time and effort to do so, we might be able   
   to do something in    
   that centuries league.   
      
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