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Establish an external measurement system for cognitive

Establish an external measurement system for cognitive capacity because subjective assessment of performance degrades under the same depletion being measured.

Why This Is a Principle

Grounded in the Van Dongen parallel: memory of task duration is biased (Human memory of task duration is systematically biased and) and bias blind spot (Bias Blind Spot Asymmetry — cannot detect own biases while seeing others'). The 'attention debt' concept rests on the insight that depleted attention cannot accurately self-assess. The principle prescribes external measurement as the solution. Highly actionable.

Source Lessons

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Attention debt accumulates silently

Chronic attention splitting creates a deficit that manifests as exhaustion and poor judgment.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomBias Blind Spot Asymmetry AxiomHuman memory of task duration is systematically biased and

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