Our mission is to make repair accessible and easy for as many people around the world as possible.
Basic mechanical know-how is no longer enough; new materials, assembly processes and electronic controls make repair work more challenging.
If the developed world sinks back into general contraction, that will make repair of government and household balances sheets all but impossible.
That would make repair of the industry a priority either for a new regime or for Saddam Hussein's government, if it satisfies United Nations weapons inspectors and the sanctions on Iraq end.
Think of each gene as a snatch of encrypted software -- a set of instructions that tells cells which proteins to produce in order to make, repair or regulate some part of the human body.
Even if the problem is seen only in functional and not human terms, a city will struggle to succeed if it can no longer house the people who teach, clean, nurse, treat, make, repair, build, plan, design, create, cook, serve, police, drive and entertain.
