Principlev1PR-226
When the volume of available information exceeds cognitive…
When the volume of available information exceeds cognitive processing capacity, prioritize stopping acquisition over increasing processing — saying no to information sources produces better outcomes than attempting to read faster or more efficiently.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory limits) and Information and attention have an inverse relationship (information creates attention poverty). It's prescriptive (tells you what to do), general enough to apply across contexts, and actionable. It's not an axiom because it follows from the axioms rather than being foundational.