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Saturns rings - are they "temporary"?

I recently read "Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe" by May, Moore, Lintott and there was a casual mention that humanity is lucky to be around to see Saturn's rings.  They implied that the rings had "recently" (astronomically speaking) formed or will "soon" dissipate.  They mention something about the rings being inherently unstable.  I haven't been able to find any other references to this concept.  Is this true?
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Yes, even in space there are solar winds, as well as frictional, tidal and gravitational forces acting on the rings that will continue disturb and little by little, will ultimately destroy the orbits of the particles composing the rings.

Note: Even Earth had rings for a good long time after the formation of the moon... but with our moon being a relatively large body, and the Earth being a relatively small planet, and all of it being so close to the sun, the particulates were rapidly swallowed by the moon, the Earth, or just swept out into space.  Saturn is in a much more ring-friendly situation, but they will dissipate as well.