Concepts
The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types
Resolve contradictions at the principle level once…
Address contradictions at the strategic principle level rather than re-adjudicating them at each tactical decision point to prevent decision multiplication.
Classify every decision as one-way or two-way door before…
Before beginning deliberation on any decision, classify it as one-way door (irreversible/high-stakes) or two-way door (reversible/low-stakes) and allocate analysis time proportionally—minutes to hours for two-way doors, days to weeks for one-way doors.
Two-way door decisions with sub-week reversal costs get 24…
For two-way door decisions where reversal costs under one week of effort, set a decision deadline of 24 hours or less regardless of how the decision feels emotionally.
Decide at 70% information — waiting for 90%+ almost always…
Apply the 70% information threshold: if you have 70% of the information you wish you had, decide immediately—waiting for 90%+ almost always costs more than the improved decision quality returns.
Classify decisions as speed-dominant or accuracy-dominant…
Before any analysis begins for a decision, explicitly classify it as speed-dominant (reversible, low cost of wrong, high cost of delay) or accuracy-dominant (irreversible, high cost of wrong, low cost of delay), then let that classification dictate process—fast decisions get 15 minutes and bias toward action, slow decisions get structured analysis.
Run four diagnostic questions in 60 seconds to select…
Before selecting a decision framework, run four diagnostic questions in sequence: (1) How reversible? (2) How many competing criteria? (3) What time horizon of consequences? (4) What is the cost of analysis itself?—using the answers to converge on the appropriate framework class within 60 seconds.
Parallelize independent agents, serialize only true…
Run independent agents (those with no input dependencies on each other) in parallel to compress total execution time, and serialize only those agents where one genuinely requires the other's output.