Principlev1

When a signal is missed, reduce total monitoring volume

When a signal is missed, reduce total monitoring volume rather than adding new alerts to an already-saturated system.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory), Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (attention depletion), Automatic Pattern Perception (signal-noise), and Information and attention have an inverse relationship: a (information-attention inverse). Counter-intuitive principle prescribing reduction when instinct suggests addition.

Source Lessons

L-0557

Monitoring fatigue

Too much monitoring data overwhelms attention and leads to ignoring signals that matter. The solution is not more data — it is fewer, sharper signals routed to the right layer of attention.

Connections

Derived From (4)

AxiomWorking Memory Capacity Limit AxiomDirected Attention as Depletable Resource AxiomAutomatic Pattern Perception AxiomInformation and attention have an inverse relationship: a

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