> [I]t 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 wh

> [I]t 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. This is the opposite of Chesterton's Fence, the idea that knowledge is often encoded in the current state of things, and you should seek to understand what that is before changing it. https://fs.blog/2020/03/chestertons-fence/ https://fs.blog/2020/03/chestertons-fence/