Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order ThinkingFarnam Street Mastering the best of what other people have already figured out A core component of making great decisions is understanding the rationale behind previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse. *** When we seek to intervene in any system created by someone, it’s not enough to view their decisions and choices simply as the con
