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Separate the evaluative act of determining what belongs in
Separate the evaluative act of determining what belongs in an environment from the maintenance act of keeping it there, because maintenance without evaluation perpetuates obsolete structures.
Why This Is a Principle
This principle derives from the axiom that reflection, not raw experience, produces learning (Raw experience, without reflection, does not produce) and the distinction between single-loop and double-loop learning (Single-loop learning adjusts actions within existing). It prescribes a structural separation between two different cognitive operations—maintenance and reassessment—that serve different functions.