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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-1908

Break work into dimensions and track energy response to each

Break work into dimensions and track energy response to each dimension separately rather than treating 'work' as a single category, because purpose alignment operates at the activity level, not the job level.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Extended Cognition Thesis (cognition distributes across external structures) and Attention is a finite cognitive resource that must… (attention must be allocated as finite resource). The principle prescribes decomposition as the method for detecting alignment. Actionable across work contexts.