Principlev1

Conduct scheduled recurring audits of information sources to

Conduct scheduled recurring audits of information sources to counteract subscription inertia and source degradation.

Why This Is a Principle

This follows from The nervous system habituates to repeated, predictable (habituation to repeated stimuli), People disproportionately stick with default options even (people stick with defaults), and When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good (when a measure becomes a target it ceases to be good). It prescribes a maintenance practice—quarterly review—that counteracts automatic adaptation to degrading signal quality. The principle is about system maintenance, not the foundational fact that systems degrade.

Source Lessons

L-0139

Review your information sources quarterly

Regularly audit what you consume and cut sources that produce more noise than signal. Without scheduled review, your information environment silently degrades — and you adapt to the noise without noticing.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomThe nervous system habituates to repeated, predictable AxiomPeople disproportionately stick with default options even AxiomWhen a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good

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