Chesterton's Bicycle

I wasn’t expecting that 😳 pic.twitter.com/UdKiehOW8O

— Penfold (@elbow112) January 28, 2024

G.K. Chesterton, a Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British writer, is perhaps most well-known today for the principle known as Chesterton’s Fence. It may be summarized as this: if there is some sort of rule or tradition in place, it may have been created with good reason. You may think that the reason is no longer valid or even counterproductive, but the people who came before you were not idiots and you should proceed cautiously when removing those traditions.

Why was this bicycle in the road? Perhaps it was parked there for a reason. Don’t move it until you know what that reason was.

-via David Thompson

Source: neatorama