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Externalize all relationships in a system simultaneously…

Externalize all relationships in a system simultaneously through visual mapping to reveal structural patterns that sequential analysis cannot detect.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits), Dual Coding Theory: Verbal and Visual Channels (visual memory exceeds verbal), and Global-to-Local Perceptual Processing (visual perception processes global structure first). Prescribes using external visual representation to overcome cognitive limits—actionable and general.

Source Lessons

Relationship mapping reveals system structure

When you draw all the relationships between elements the system structure becomes visible.

Bidirectional awareness

When A links to B, B should know that A links to it — bidirectional linking reveals hidden patterns.

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Derived From (6)

AxiomWorking Memory Capacity Limit AxiomPerception as Predictive Construction AxiomDual Coding Theory: Verbal and Visual Channels AxiomGoals as Perceptual Filters AxiomBrain as Hierarchical Prediction Machine AxiomGlobal-to-Local Perceptual Processing

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