The next few years offer a historical window of opportunity to join forces towards systemic change against redressable injustices and imbalances laid bare by the COVID-19 crisis—as well as other contemporary movements such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and pro-democracy struggles around the globe—using some of the most powerful tools available to us, such as AI, blockchain, platforms, and, of course, at their heart, data. However, calls for “building back better” have become commonplace, often coming from traditional places of power, which may be inspired by The Leopard’s famous dictum: “Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga com’è bisogna che tutto cambi” (usually translated as “Everything must change so that everything can stay the same”).