Stewart Brand’s *Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One* presents maintenance as a profound, even radical act—one that individuals undertake with personal fulfillment in mind. The strongest version of this narrative is that maintenance is an underappreciated force in civilization, deserving of honor and attention. Brand’s career, from the *Whole Earth Catalog* to his role in shaping Silicon Valley, lends credibility to his argument that tools and individual agency can reshape the world. His anecdo...