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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Build external inventory systems to compensate…

Build external inventory systems to compensate for context-dependent retrieval rather than trusting mental completeness.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Context-Dependent Memory Encoding (context-dependent memory), Availability Heuristic Mechanism (availability bias—ease of retrieval distorts judgment), and Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits). Prescribes building external systems to surface unavailable-but-existent knowledge—a foundational infrastructure principle.