[pwinnski]

People get older and retire or die, and their knowledge is lost. So it has always been, and so it shall ever be. Somehow, we survive.

Can we now build buildings that will last as the Coliseum in Rome lasts? Probably not. The people who knew how and why died. All these years later, we've cared enough to investigate, and it turns out to be because we don't use the same sort of volcanic ash those long-dead craftsmen did. But given enough time, we could.

Sounds like you work in an environment that burns people out. That's unfortunate. Fortunately, it's not system-wide. People are still out there doing great work, learning new things, developing new things, and so on.

Same it ever was. Same as it ever shall be. World without end, amen.