Skip to content

Connect on LinkedIn

Executable Personal Epistemology. Built by Jay West.

Learn

Knowledge Graph
Glossary
About

Connect

LinkedIn
jay@cosm.agency
RSS Feed

Built by Jay West · Completing your cognitive infrastructure · © 2026 All rights reserved.

Learn/Tag: simplicity

Lessons tagged “simplicity”

1 published lesson with this tag.

Flat is better than deep when possible

Simpler hierarchies with fewer levels are easier to navigate and maintain.

All Tags

AI-augmented-cognition DRY-principle Feynman-technique GTD MECE PKM Popper abstraction accountability action adaptive-expertise adaptive-systems adaptive-thinking adversarial-environments adversarial-thinking affect-as-information affect-heuristic affect-labeling affordances agency ai-augmentation analog analogical-thinking analysis architectural-decision-records architecture-decision-records argument-mapping argumentation assumptions atomicity attachment attention attention-fatigue attribution audience-awareness audience-management automatic-cognition automaticity availability-heuristic avoidance awareness balance balancing-loops base-rate-fallacy batch-processing bayesian-reasoning bayesian-thinking bayesian-updating behavior-change behavioral-change belief-formation belief-perseverance belief-revision bias bias-blind-spot blind-spots blockers boredom bottleneck-analysis boundary-conditions boundary-testing bounded-rationality burnout calibration capture categorization category-revision category-theory causal reasoning causal-reasoning chain-of-thought choice-architecture chronotype chunking circadian-rhythm clarity classification cognition cognitive-awareness cognitive-bias cognitive-blind-spots cognitive-defusion cognitive-dissonance cognitive-distortion cognitive-distortions cognitive-diversity cognitive-efficiency cognitive-empathy cognitive-extension cognitive-flexibility cognitive-freedom cognitive-function cognitive-inertia cognitive-infrastructure cognitive-load cognitive-offloading cognitive-performance cognitive-psychology cognitive-restoration cognitive-restructuring cognitive-schemas cognitive-science cognitive-tools cognitive-training collaboration commitment communication competitive-advantage completeness complexity composability composition compounding compression concept-mapping concrete-examples confidence confirmation-bias conformity consilience constraints constructivism containment context context-collapse context-design context-engineering context-sensitivity context-switching contextual-intelligence continuous-improvement contradiction convergence conversations creativity critical-thinking cross-cultural-communication cross-domain cultural-conditioning cultural-context curation curiosity cybernetics cycles daily-practice dashboard debiasing decision-documentation decision-fatigue decision-journal decision-journaling decision-making decisions decomposition decontextualization deep-work default-mode default-mode-network default-thinking definitions deliberate-practice dependencies dependency depth-of-processing diagrams dialectical-thinking digital digital-communication digital-detox digital-environment digital-minimalism direct-observation directed-acyclic-graph directed-attention directed-graph directed-graphs distraction documentation domain-dependence domain-specificity dual-coding dynamic-systems ecological-validity edge-cases embodied-cognition emergence emotion-regulation emotional-calibration emotional-context emotional-granularity emotional-regulation emotions enabling-conditions encoding encoding-specificity energy energy-management environment environment-design environmental-design epistemic-honesty epistemic-humility epistemic-hygiene epistemic-survival epistemic-virtue epistemics epistemology error-correction error-driven-learning errors evaluation evergreen-notes evidence evolution exceptions executive-function exemplification experiential-learning experiments expertise explicit-knowledge expressive-writing extended-mind externalization externalized-cognition faceted-classification failure falsifiability falsification feedback feynman-technique filtering first-party-data first-principles flow flow-state fluency focus force-multiplier forecasting forgetting-curve formal-knowledge foundations fractal-patterns fragility frame-analysis framing-effects friction general-semantics generation-effect goal-setting goals granularity graph-theory grounding groupthink growth-mindset habit-formation habit-interruption habit-stacking habits handwriting hermeneutics hierarchy hindsight-bias history hypothesis hypothesis-testing identifiers identity illusion-of-knowledge illusory-correlation implementation implementation-intentions implicit-bias implicit-cognition inbox inbox-processing incentive-structures incremental indirect-evidence inference information-architecture information-diet information-literacy information-management information-overload information-quality information-systems information-theory inheritance inner-speech inquiry institutional-memory integrity intellectual-honesty intellectual-humility intention interoception interpersonal interpretation intervention intuition invisible-assumptions journaling judgment karl-popper knowledge representation knowledge-construction knowledge-decay knowledge-gaps knowledge-graphs knowledge-limits knowledge-management knowledge-organization knowledge-representation knowledge-structures knowledge-transfer language lattice learning learning-sequence leverage lifecycle limits lindy-effect linguistic-relativity linking maintenance mapping meaning meaning-making measurement mechanisms media-literacy meditation meetings memory mental-models meta-cognition meta-learning meta-skill metacognition metadata metrics mindfulness miscommunication missing-connections model-updating models modularity mood mood-congruent-memory motivation multi-dimensional multimodal-capture multiple-perspectives multitasking naive-realism naming navigation negative-space nesting network-analysis network-effects network-theory network-topology neuroplasticity neuroscience noise noise-filtering non-judgmental-awareness note-taking notifications nuance nudge-design nudge-theory nvc observation ontology optionality ordering organization organizational-behavior organizational-learning overconfidence override paradigm-shift paradox path-dependence patience pattern-recognition patterns peer-feedback peer-review perception perceptual-calibration perceptual-learning perfectionism personal-epistemology personal-informatics personal-knowledge-management perspective-taking phase-capstone phase-closer phase-finale phase-opener photo-notes phronesis physiology planning polyhierarchy polysemy positivity practical-wisdom practice pragmatics pragmatism pre-commitment precision precommitment prediction prediction-error prediction-tracking prerequisite presentism priorities prioritization priority probability-estimation problem-identification problem-solving processing procrastination productive-failure productivity progress progressive-commitment progressive-disclosure propagation prototype-theory purpose quantified-self questions reactivity reasoning reclassification recombination recovery recursion red-teaming redundancy refactoring reference reflection reflective-practice reinforcing-loops relational-thinking relationship taxonomy relationship-lifecycle relationship-mapping relationship-strength relationships repetition resilience resistance resolution rest retrieval retrospective review review-process risk risk-assessment risk-perception rituals robustness roles root-cause-analysis routines rumination sapir-whorf satisficing scaffolding scale-invariance schema schema-awareness schema-design schema-evolution schema-literacy schema-theory schemas scientific-method scope seasonal second-brain second-order self-assessment self-awareness self-direction self-examination self-explanation self-knowledge self-monitoring self-regulation self-similarity self-tracking semantic-ambiguity sensemaking sequences shallow-work shared-mental-models signal-detection signal-noise signal-processing signal-vs-noise simplicity single-point-of-failure situated-cognition situational-awareness skill-building sleep slow-looking small-bets social categorization social-cognition social-epistemology social-influence social-media somatic-awareness spaced-repetition state-dependent-learning state-machines statistical-thinking statistics strengths strengths-based stress stress-testing structural-holes structure structured-reasoning structured-thinking success superforecasting surprise synthesis system-1-thinking system-structure systematic-bias systems systems-thinking tacit-knowledge tagging task-batching task-design task-switching taxonomy team-cognition technical-debt temporal-discounting temporal-networks temporal-reasoning testing theory-of-mind thinking thinking-tools time time-management tools tools-for-thought tracking transcription transfer transitivity triage triangulation triggers trust type-safety type-system uncertainty understanding validation values versioning visual-thinking visualization voice-notes wayfinding weekly-review weighted-relationships wisdom workflow workflows working-memory workspace writing writing-as-thinking writing-to-think zettelkasten

← Back to all phases