Word for "willingness to accept status quo" [duplicate]

Solution 1:

From Cambridge:

Complacency

noun, UK ​ /kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/ US ​ /kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/ also complacence, disapproving

​a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder

What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.

There's no room for complacency if we want to stay in this competition!

This is the usual accusation lobbed at those who prefer the imperfect status quo over the effort, pain, and risk involved in change¹.

When I was in 5th grade history class, I vividly remember a turn of phrase our teacher used to describe Socrates' attitude towards the Athens that had accused him of corrupting the youth and sentenced him to death:

Socrates was the gadfly sent to rouse Athens from its slumber of complacency

That turn of phrase has stuck with me until today.

¹ _{That said, I think you are misinterpreting the philosophy advocated by the aphorism "perfect is the enemy of good". That advice does agitate for change!}

_{What it's warning against is the paralysis or torpor induced by considering what it would take to create "perfection" -- a torpor that flows against the motivation to make any change at all towards "good".}

Solution 2:

Apathy

lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

"widespread apathy among students"

synonyms: indifference, lack of interest, lack of enthusiasm, lack of concern, unconcern, uninterestedness, unresponsiveness, impassivity, dispassion, lethargy, languor, ennui;

The prevalence of apathy among engineers is why our industry produces so much substandard software.

I don't agree that "willingness to accept status quo" is behind "perfect is the enemy of good" though. The phrase "perfect is the enemy of good" means that you shouldn't spend too much time trying to make something perfect because then you'll never making anything at all.

Solution 3:

The prevalence of contentedness among engineers is why our industry produces so much substandard software.

or

Engineers are contented with half measures, which is why our industry produces so much substandard software.

Contentedness (or Contented)

ADJECTIVE

1.1 Willing to accept something; satisfied.

‘I was never contented with half measures’

‘he had to be content with third place’

Solution 4:

In-keeping with nature of the amorphism "perfect is the enemy of good" and the definition "willingness to accept the status quo" I would propose the word pragmatic.

pragmatic

adjective, UK ​ /præɡˈmæt.ɪk/, US ​/præɡˈmæt̬.ɪk/

​ solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules

In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.

While it omits an explicit relationship to the status quo and instead focuses on the willingness to be practical instead of idealistic, the sentiment broadly resembles the amorphism.

However, in relationship to the given example, it is a poor fit and Dan Bron's complacency is a better answer.