Is endurance to be desired? If we would make a parallel with biological systems, it seems that death allows evolution, so I think it's good that nowadays companies don't last that long. Given the state of the world I think there are still a couple of things to improve...
1) There is definitely value in endurance. Examples abound: whether history, religion, etc.
2) Evolution is possible with endurance. Religions and these family business have adapted to changing requirements of the world (mostly). It's core principles that have perhaps stayed the same. There's also confirmation bias at play - theres plenty institutions that were at odds with evolution did die out for sure.
You raise a good point, but IMO we're giving close to zero thought on how our current institutions will endure. Perhaps one answer is don't do anything and some will anyway.. (I don't like that answer, personally)
For one, to ensure we're building our civilization for millennia rather than current short sighted thinking which has given us global warming and other problems. Profit motive solves for incentives, but isn't tuned for long term and community/overall betterment.
