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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Organize information into parent-child structures where each

Organize information into parent-child structures where each parent summarizes its children and each child specifies its parent, enabling navigation by choosing your level of detail.

Why This Is a Principle

This derives from Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits) and Hierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity (chunking enables hierarchical organization). The principle prescribes creating hierarchical structures to manage working memory constraints through compression — it's actionable guidance that follows from the axioms about cognitive limits and chunking.