Disrupting the Default

In today’s Stratechery, Ben Thompson suggests some new defaults for society and technology. Though it’s never entirely wise to rip out of context things said by thoughtful people, here’s part of one that I liked:

[It] should be the default that the status quo is a bad thing; instead of justifying why something should be done, the burden of proof should rest on those who believe things should remain the same.

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