I don't see many machines that keep running for 100 years straight. Yet, I often see humans in the hospital that have. It's wild to think that a heart faithfully beats for a century or close to it.

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The human body is amazing, indeed.

But to be fair; it keeps replacing and repairing its cells all the time.

There are almost no machines that are maintained in a similar way (also while still running)

Exactly. My point here is that natural machines are sometimes better.

Scale, by Geoffrey West is a good read