Chesterton’s Fence argues that before you remove or change an existing structure—whether a literal fence, a policy, a tradition, or a rule—you must understand why it was put there in the first place.

Stigmergy is a mechanism of indirect coordination in which individual agents—often without communication or awareness of each other—interact through changes they make in a shared environment.

Shoshin refers to approaching a subject or experience with openness, eagerness, and a lack of preconceptions—even when studying at an advanced level.