Fighting entropy to create something durable in the world requires extreme amounts of coordinated effort.

· Bits and Bobs 11/6/23

This is part of the intuition of Chesterton's fence.

If someone went to extreme effort to make a thing, you should assume there is a motivating reason.

Making a durable thing requires going to extreme effort.

Don't allow yourself to tear down the fence until you understand the reason why it was built.