Principlev1PR-472
Distinguish structural depth (encodes real containment…
Distinguish structural depth (encodes real containment, scope, or inheritance) from bureaucratic depth (added for appearance of organization); remove all bureaucratic levels.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Abstraction Necessarily Discards Information (abstraction discards information) and The behavior of a system arises from its structure… (system behavior emerges from structure). Bureaucratic levels are abstraction without utility—they discard no information, provide no new distinctions. Structural levels preserve meaningful boundaries. Principle prescribes the diagnostic question: 'What breaks if removed?'