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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-959

Distinguish structural dependencies (Agent B cannot run…

Distinguish structural dependencies (Agent B cannot run without Agent A's output) from accidental dependencies (Agent B follows Agent A by habit) and eliminate accidental dependencies to increase parallelism.

Why This Is a Principle

This derives from Habits as Context-Response Associations (habits form from context-behavior-reward), The behavior of a system arises from its structure… (structure determines behavior), and Average cycle time equals work-in-progress divided… (cycle time = WIP/throughput). It prescribes analyzing whether dependencies are real or artifactual to optimize system throughput. General systems optimization principle.