Maintenance as Innovation
Digital culture often prizes innovation ("finding the new") over maintenance ("keeping the old"). However, in the Myceloom framework, maintenance is the higher virtue. A Steward works to prevent data rot, link decay, and system obsolescence.
This is the concept of "Move Slowly and Fix Things."
Intergenerational Handover
A Steward's most critical task is succession. A system that depends on a single person is fragile. Stewardship means documenting Tacit Knowledge so that the role can be passed on without interrupting the life of the system.