Principlev1
Pre-commit to your independent assessment in writing before
Pre-commit to your independent assessment in writing before entering high-authority interactions, creating an anchor that authority pressure must actively displace rather than silently preempt.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Most people do not experience themselves as the authority (authority overrides judgment), Cognitive Defusion: Thoughts Are Objects (thoughts as discrete objects), and Externalization Exposes Hidden Structure (externalization exposes gaps). The principle prescribes temporal separation and externalization as defenses against authority pressure.