burn the status quo

func ThinkDifferent() Future {
    return Question().
        Everything().
        ThenRebuildBetter()
}

• the status quo is just a comfort zone with better marketing
• it’s not sacred
• it’s not optimal
• it’s just what we settled for when we stopped asking “why?”
• every system, every process, every “that’s how we’ve always done it” needs to prove itself or get out of the way

first principles or nothing

• strip away the assumptions
• break things down to their core
• rebuild from truth, not tradition
• maybe there’s a better way
• maybe the old way actually works
• but you won’t know until you question everything
• it’s your-turn-to-build|your turn to build - the world isn’t finished

the questioning flow

graph TD
    A[Status Quo] --> B[Question Everything]
    B --> C[Find Core Truth]
    C --> D[Build Better Systems]
    style D fill:#f96,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px

signal vs noise

• this isn’t about rebellion for its own sake
• it’s about understanding
• when you question the norm, you find:
  • what’s worth keeping
  • what’s holding us back
• first principles separate signal from noise

thoughtful destruction

• not everything needs burning down
• but everything needs questioning
• thoughtful evaluation splits foundations from dead weight
• build immortal-ideas|immortal ideas that survive because they’re true
• not because they’re traditional

comfort kills progress

• comfort is the enemy of better
• the status quo is just the best we’ve done so far
• it’s not the best we can do
• question everything
• build what’s missing
• break what’s broken
• create resistance-infrastructure|resistance infrastructure for when old systems fail

comfort kills progress. stay uncomfortable.

See also

• ml/blog/your-turn-to-build.md
• ml/blog/immortal-ideas.md
• ml/blog/resistance-infrastructure.md