I learned a great phrase over the weekend that perfectly applies to #2, "Chesterton's fence"[1]: "[the] intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “I

I learned a great phrase over the weekend that perfectly applies to #2, "Chesterton's fence"[1]: "[the] intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it." In other words, that feeling when you realize that a thing you've rebuilt because you didn't like it was built that way for a reason. [1] http://www.chesterton.org/taking-a-fence-down/ http://www.chesterton.org/taking-a-fence-down/