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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-240

Tag captured information with estimated decay rates…

Tag captured information with estimated decay rates and implement scheduled depreciation reviews to prevent outdated knowledge from corrupting decision-making.

Why This Is a Principle

Strongly grounded in Hindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity (memory reconstructs and shifts beliefs), Belief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence (cognitive systems maintain existing beliefs despite contradictory evidence), and Knowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without… (tacit knowledge degrades without detection). The principle addresses the fact that knowledge in personal systems decays unnoticed. Tagging and review prevents believing outdated models.