# kicking the can down the road (upkeep)

*Ordinarily means:* Postponing a problem to deal with it later.

Maintenance that pushes a parameter further along without changing the rate of drift, making the window narrower ahead.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition)

**Through:** none

**Novel properties:**
- parameter pushed further

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-kicking-the-can-down-the-road.upkeep*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-kicking-the-can-down-the-road.upkeep.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*