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philipallstarlast Monday at 2:49 PM1 replyview on HN

> 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.


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dmitrygrlast Monday at 7:27 PM

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

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