You can take this to the extreme too by erasing your root partition each boot: https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings/
Using that method you isolate all important state on the system for backup with zfs send.
Extra impressive considering how many slow zones still exist in the network. https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/slowzones
Boston has revised it’s traffic light standards to prioritize pedestrians instead of only car throughput. I see this as a “cultivation of safety”, though I agree the article could do more to explain it.