Sometimes I think we "fix" things because we want the comfort of old things. We don't want a new bike, new shoes, a new marriage or a new healthcare system; we want to fix the old one because we know the old one. It's familiar and comfortable to us. That fuzzy third alternative, that thing that is "different," isn't comfortable or familiar. I think we sometimes resist that which is new and strange because it's easier to cling to the familiar and comfortable. 

But, as you said, things that are different can be full of possibilities.