2026-10-01_-_chesterton_s_fence

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:31:39 +0000

2026-10-01 - Chesterton's fence

Chesterton's fence states that no fence shall be removed, until it is well understood what it was meant for. idea being that sometimes even things that look completely broken and out of place, might have a less obvious reason for their existence. if we tear it down, without a full understanding what we're doing, we can bring more harm than good. here's a bit longer explanation of that.

2026-10-01_-_jevons_paradox

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:24:08 +0000

2026-10-01 - Jevons paradox

Jevons paradox says that if efficiency of something increases (and thus costs goes down), then its usage increases.

this kinda backfired interestingly when paper printers were invented. it was said that this will _decrease_ the amount of paper used, since all typos can be fixed on computer and then the final product can be printed out. in practice paper usage has skyrocketed, as it was now cheap to create quality-looking documents.

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2026-10-01_-_chesterton_s_fence

2026-10-01 - Chesterton's fence

2026-10-01_-_jevons_paradox

2026-10-01 - Jevons paradox