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Prefer implicit coordination mechanisms—shared conventions,

Prefer implicit coordination mechanisms—shared conventions, templates, routines, and mental models—over explicit communication, because implicit coordination consumes dramatically less cognitive bandwidth.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (attention is finite), Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas organize knowledge and guide processing), and The behavior of a system arises from its structure, not from (structure determines behavior). The principle: given that coordination consumes attention, building shared schemas allows synchronization without active communication. This is prescriptive.

Source Lessons

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The coordinator overhead

Coordination itself costs effort — keep the coordination cost proportional to the benefit.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomDirected Attention as Depletable Resource AxiomSchemas as Knowledge Organization Structures AxiomThe behavior of a system arises from its structure, not from

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