How do I practice context collapse?

The most direct way to practice context collapse is through a focused exercise: Pick your last five messages sent via text, Slack, or email. For each one, write down: (1) what you intended the tone to be, (2) what contextual cues you relied on the recipient having, and (3) what the message would mean to a stranger reading it cold. Count how many of the five could be misread. That count is your context collapse exposure.

Common pitfall: Assuming your reader shares your context by default. You'll know you're in this failure mode when someone responds to your message with unexpected hostility or confusion and your first thought is 'but it was obvious what I meant.' It was obvious to you. You had the context. They didn't.

This practice connects to Phase 9 (Context Sensitivity) — building it as a repeatable habit compounds over time.