But that&#x27;s my point; maybe prison reform isn&#x27;t actually all that hard, and only appears that way from an insider&#x27;s perspective.<p>I&#x27;m refuting the article&#x27;s pessimism by explaining the concept that innovative ideas often come from the perspective of an outsider who isn&#x27;t thinking like the folks who created the problem think.<p>It&#x27;s a significant part of start-up culture, isn&#x27;t it, the theory of disruption? This article resonates because of how easy it is to be pessimistic and critical of new ideas, and everyone here is an expert at it.