> The fence principle always applies “don’t tear down a fence till you understand why it was built”

Don't rename Chesterton's Fence until you understand why it was named that.

Was not aware the fence had a name. Learned it in Russian without the name. TIL, thank you.

	▲	philipallstar 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, it is possible Chesterton got it from an earlier source that the Russian version also derives from! Who knows?