Patternv1PT-044
Delegation-frees-attention pattern
the structural principle that effective delegation of lower-value cognitive work to systems, tools, or others frees the highest-value attention for the highest-value work, creating a multiplicative rather than additive return
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (attention finite). Recurs in management, automation, tool use, cognitive offloading, team design.