Externalize trigger infrastructure into trusted systems
Externalize trigger infrastructure into trusted systems rather than relying on internal mental tracking, treating unreviewed triggers as degrading assets that consume attention without producing value.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from several axioms about memory and externalization. Exponential Information Decay (memory decay) and Open-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik) (unresolved commitments consume working memory) establish why internal tracking fails. Extended Cognition Thesis (distributed cognition) and Knowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without (tacit knowledge degrades without detection) provide the positive case for externalization. Hindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity (memory reconstructs rather than stores) explains why unreviewed systems drift. The principle prescribes externalizing trigger infrastructure as a maintenance requirement, which is actionable and general enough to apply across many contexts—not just triggers but any behavioral infrastructure.