One of the broadest things I've changed my mind on in recent years is the appropriate way to approach Chesterton's fence. Old Me said "burn it to the ground." New Me says that people can build fences for good or bad reasons, and often both, but fences don't just build themselves
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Perhaps the reasoning thought to support any rule should be integral to its documentation. And term limits for rules/laws should be a thing.
Yeah, it's very tempting to think oneself so wise that it makes great sense to build practically indestructible fences to save on maintenance, butpic.twitter.com/LaFuG3C7QA
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As in other domains, conservation and progression seem to work best in a balance with one another. We're just slow to learn the contexts that cue the optimal proportions.
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