Title: Why change is complicated

Benjamin Franklin was many things in life, but lazy wasn't one of them. He lived in the 1700s and, amongst many other things, was a writer, inventor, scientist, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Amazing what people did with their time before social media, Netflix, and free WiFi.

He's often credited with the following quote:

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

If he was alive today, I think he would add a third. Change.

Do we really hate change?

There's a common, widely held belief that people don't like change.

Really?

Still travelling to work by horse and using your Nokia mobile ...

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