Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/22/17
I’m writing this from the King George Hotel in Athens, with the Acropolis standing on a mountain top across from our terrace like the sun in an historical orrery. The original buildings were constructed in the Fourth Century BC by Pericles. (Photos are on my blog: contrarianconsulting.com.)
Like the Egyptians before them and the Italians after them, the Greeks built structures meant to last centuries. When destruction occurred, it was usually by force of nature which the technology couldn’t prevent or by warfare (both still with us).
Sixty years after the first Fortune 500 list was created in 1955, only 12% of the original firms were still on the list. I’m wondering if we are really building our structures to last in our contemporary world. Bridges built in the last 30 years are being replaced at a huge cost. In fact, the infrastructure of most of the US is in need of drastic upgrading, from train tracks to water pipes, and tunnels to port facilities.
It’s always amused me when I visit Europe that I’m often sitting on furniture older than my country! But I also ask myself, are we creating contributions that last or are they merely to collect the profits of the times? That should be the case for great works of art or public structures, but also our values and contributions which should be intended for the ages and not the current quarter.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. —Pablo Picasso
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