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{{a|design|[[File: Liverpool modern.jpg|450px|center|[[Survivorship bias]] waiting to happen. AKA: Seemed like a good idea at the time.|thumb]] <br> | {{a|design|[[File: Liverpool modern.jpg|450px|center|[[Survivorship bias]] waiting to happen. AKA: Seemed like a good idea at the time.|thumb]] <br> | ||
[[file: Worcester cathedral.jpg|center|450px| | [[file: Worcester cathedral.jpg|center|450px|thumb|Done properly. 1,000 years in; failing war or civilisation’s collapse in the mean time, at least 1,000 more to come.]]}}Random thoughts on the impermanence of [[modernism]]. | ||
===The curse of novelty=== | ===The curse of novelty=== | ||
What is new cannot last ''as the new''. Either it dies, or it grows ''old''. So if your only quality is novelty, you will [[Die Young, Stay Pretty|die young]]. Conclusion: build with qualities ''other than novelty''. If only novelty gets you out of the gate — ''enjoy your fifteen minutes''. Blondie had it backwards: [[Die Young, Stay Pretty|Stay pretty? ''Die young'']]. | What is new cannot last ''as the new''. Either it dies, or it grows ''old''. So if your only quality is novelty, you will [[Die Young, Stay Pretty|die young]]. Conclusion: build with qualities ''other than novelty''. If only novelty gets you out of the gate — ''enjoy your fifteen minutes''. Blondie had it backwards: [[Die Young, Stay Pretty|Stay pretty? ''Die young'']]. | ||