My/Principle/Simplify/Not every distinction is worth recording

• Not every distinction is worth recording.
  • Recording more is not always better. Each distinction you write down is something to maintain, read past, and keep consistent — a standing cost, whether or not it ever pays off.
  • Record a distinction only when you act on it differently. If two categories are handled the same way, the label separating them is friction with no return; collapse them.

  • Why

    • A distinction that changes no decision adds reading and upkeep while subtracting nothing.
    • This is My/Principle/Simplify/Minimize Surface Area applied to notes and schemas: every recorded category is surface area.