It’s easier to build a new thing than change the old thing

Stay Curious // iixii // Head of Crypto at https://www.lazertechnologies.com/  // Prev: CoinDesk, Roc Nation // based @basedevo

Love this thought. 

Affirming it is US Founders. 

Refuting it is Abraham Lincoln.

prompting @bracky, playing /bracket, reading /greatbooks

The question of why he was so committed to preserving (and changing) the Union rather than letting the split happen and starting anew is probably the deepest question about the most fascinating statesman I know about.

Id love to do a half year exploration of this question w friends at some point

Abraham Lincoln changed an institution that was less than 100 years old 

The older an institution (or company), the harder it is to change