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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-950

Serialize novel, complex, or unfamiliar cognitive tasks…

Serialize novel, complex, or unfamiliar cognitive tasks that require deliberate System 2 processing, while allowing well-practiced, habituated tasks to run in parallel through automatic System 1 processing.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Cognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems (dual systems with different characteristics), Automaticity Without Conscious Control (automatic processes), and Expertise Through Deliberate Practice (expertise builds sophisticated representations). The principle prescribes mode-appropriate sequencing based on task familiarity. Actionable across cognitive work.