Principlev1PR-1284
Disable notifications for all apps except direct human…
Disable notifications for all apps except direct human communication requiring timely response, because every enabled notification grants a third party the right to interrupt your cognitive work at their discretion.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from Behavior requires an initiating signal to occur… (behavior requires an initiating signal), Task-switching generates attention residue that persists… (task-switching generates attention residue that degrades subsequent performance), and Attention as Gate to Conscious Perception (attention requires directed focus). The principle prescribes notification elimination because each notification is an architectural intervention that hijacks attention and fragments cognitive work.