[massysett]

As the saying goes, anyone can build a bridge that lasts forever. It takes an engineer to build one that lasts fifty years.

[yohannparis]

Excellent, I love it!

It remind me of the quote from Blaise Pascale:

"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time."

— source: https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/02/03/270680304/this-...

The idea that you need expertise and experience to produce something efficient and refined that fit perfectly the need that it fulfills.

[tim333]

I think the normal saying is "Anyone can build a bridge that stands, but it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands."

Building a forever bridge would be challenging, especially for 5bn yrs in when the sun expands.

[cyanydeez]

dont worry, this is the justifications billionairs have in ignoring modern social problems. thanks elon.

[metalman]

djoser's pyramid has cedar beams that still support the roof of an inner chamber, truely massive, and at something like 4000 years old are past waranty, making the few that have failed free of liability concerns, but less than 100 years later the eygyptians had shifted to all stone roofs for inner chambers in there built to last projects. The techniques and tools were used for millenia prior to the construction of the pyramids, and have been in continious use and production from those times till now.