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Commitment: a specific promise or agreement…
Commitment: a specific promise or agreement that, when unwritten, exists only in biological working memory and is vulnerable to structural failure from cognitive overload, while when externalized becomes a binding infrastructure visible, trackable, and resistant to drift between intention and action
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'commitment' by identifying its genus (a promise/agreement) and differentia (whether written or not, and resulting cognitive consequences). It distinguishes between the volatile internal state and the stable external infrastructure, which is central to the lesson's curriculum.