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Delegate to systems (checklists, automation, tools…
Delegate to systems (checklists, automation, tools, environments) before delegating to people — systems scale without increasing cognitive overhead, people do not.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from working memory limits (Working Memory Capacity Limit), schemas as organized knowledge structures (Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures), and the principle that systems determine outcomes (A production system produces results; roughly 94%…). Prescribes a HIERARCHY of delegation targets based on scalability.