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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-389

Work through priority types sequentially rather…

Work through priority types sequentially rather than scanning the full list, consulting only the highest-priority tier that contains items and never reviewing lower tiers until higher tiers are empty.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from working memory limits (Working Memory Capacity Limit), ego depletion (Directed Attention as Depletable Resource), and attention prioritizing immediacy (Human attentional systems evolved to prioritize signals…). Prescribes execution protocol that leverages the type system to eliminate scanning overhead.