I discovered this in a Cory Doctorow blog post the other day, and went and investigated further.  And today, it showed up again when my wife came home from work early and told me about her day.

https://theknowledge.io/chestertons-fence-explained/

As the article notes,

"The next time you encounter an apparently outdated tradition, pause and compassionately ask why it first arose before demanding its demolition."  Good advice, for prospective Muck-o-vites.