A cartoon illustrating Chesterton's Fence with two stick figures next to a fence, observing a black animal in the distance on rolling hills.

Cartoon of two stick figures looking at a fence and an animal on rolling hills under a blue sky, illustrating Chesterton's Fence principle.

CHESTERTON'S FENCE DON'T TAKE A FENCE DOWN UNLESS YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS PUT UP WHAT A DUMB FENCE! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! sketchplanations