It is the hypothesis that snuffing out progress, extinguishing futures that might have been, is the safe option.
“Progress” is hindsight bias; you don’t know when you’re snuffing whether it’ll eventually be understood as progress or regress by the people who survive the change to make the judgment.
“Progress” is hindsight bias; you don’t know when you’re snuffing whether it’ll eventually be understood as progress or regress by the people who survive the change to make the judgment.