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Design external capture systems to preserve contextual…
Design external capture systems to preserve contextual detail that verbal summaries eliminate.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Extended Cognition Thesis (distributed cognition), Dual Coding Theory: Verbal and Visual Channels (dual coding with visual memory superiority), Externalization Exposes Hidden Structure (externalization exposes gaps), and Tacit Knowledge Exceeds Linguistic Expression (tacit knowledge resists verbalization). The principle follows: given that cognition can be distributed and that verbal descriptions lose spatial/tacit information, build external systems that capture what language cannot. This is a design principle applicable across knowledge work.