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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T04:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://jonathanstephens.us",
  "tags": [
    "Product Management",
    "Ux",
    "Technology",
    "Cognitive Surrender",
    "Generative Ai",
    "Skills",
    "Slop",
    "Critical Thinking",
    "Fidelity Cascade"
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  "textContent": "> Urgency without direction is eating the industry alive.\n\n> Every time someone involved in the process decides to “just AI it,” the chain of provenance breaks. Instead of building a mental model in manageable increments, we are now asked to absorb massive chunks of output being flung our way all at once.\n\n> Artifacts that don’t exist on the fidelity cascade (such as power maps) are the only thing that will help you break the cycle. **And as with all such maps, it’s the work of making it, rather than the thing itself, that creates value.**",
  "title": "AI mandates are a demand for cognitive surrender"
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