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Limit revision scope to single-schema updates rather than

Limit revision scope to single-schema updates rather than wholesale worldview overhauls to stay within working memory capacity and enable accurate evaluation.

Why This Is a Principle

This principle derives directly from working memory limits (Working Memory Capacity Limit), chunking (Hierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity), and attention residue from task-switching (Task-switching generates attention residue that persists). It prescribes constraining the batch size of cognitive changes to match processing capacity. Strongly actionable and well-grounded.

Source Lessons

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Small frequent updates beat large rare updates

Incremental schema revision is less disruptive and more accurate than complete overhauls. Small, frequent updates preserve continuity with what already works while correcting what does not. Large, rare overhauls destroy functional structure alongside dysfunctional structure, overwhelm working memory, and introduce more errors than they fix.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomWorking Memory Capacity Limit AxiomHierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity AxiomTask-switching generates attention residue that persists

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