It's a thermodynamics problem.
You normalized your attention.
The jump is the insight — instant context loading
macOS: Hover green button → "Tile Left" • Windows: Drag to edge • Linux: Super+Left/Right
Compare: Cmd+Space "iterm" → Builder room (GitHub, CI/CD, API docs). Different terminal, different tabs, different mindset.
HTML dashboards bundled. Each terminal is a cognitive identity.
MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Cline. Room switching built in.
Track predictions. Content that verifies itself over time.
In 1970, Edgar Codd invented database normalization: scatter meaning across tables, use foreign keys, JOIN to reconstruct. We did the same thing to our minds.
Browser tabs open
Average knowledge worker. Each tab is a scattered piece of cognitive state.
Notifications per day
Each one forces a micro-context-switch. 96 JOINs per day.
Email check frequency
Gloria Mark's research. We interrupt ourselves before the world does.
Recovery time
UC Irvine study. The JOIN operation for human attention.
You don't scatter a client's documents across 47 drawers by document type. You put everything about Client X in one folder. That's denormalization.
The woodworker doesn't store chisels in one building, wood in another, and clamps in a third. The workbench keeps the cognitive entity whole. Zero reconstruction.
Chefs prep everything before cooking. Ingredients, tools, bowls — all in arm's reach. The station is denormalized for the dish. That's why they flow.
Scattered state = high entropy. The system naturally disperses your attention across apps, tabs, windows. Disorder is the default.
Every context switch = wasted energy. The 23 minutes isn't thinking — it's thermal loss from reconstructing the cognitive entity.
At low temperatures, resistance vanishes. When the room keeps the entity whole, cognitive resistance approaches zero.
The Law of Cognitive Conservation: A system that requires high energy to verify its own state will suffer high friction when changing tasks.
Cognitive Rooms keep the entity whole. Terminal + adjacent browser tabs = one unit. Position equals meaning. The geography IS the verification.
Cmd+Space → "kitty"Instant transport to Operator mode. No reconstruction. No 23 minutes.
When you Cmd+Space kitty, you switch to Kitty AND its associated browser tabs. Prune your tabs to match each identity's theme.
Terminal: iTerm2
Your AI running, shipping features
Browser Tabs:
Terminal: Kitty
Your AI for ops, deploys, business
Browser Tabs:
Terminal: WezTerm
Research, exploration, docs
Browser Tabs:
App: Messages / Slack
Texts, DMs, quick responses
Browser Tabs:
Cmd+Space "kitty"
Switch to Kitty terminal
Revenue tabs bunched
Stripe, CRM, analytics right there
AI inherits room
Claude, Cursor, Cline — any MCP client
Cmd+Space is instant context loading — not context switching.
The jump is the insight. Your brain already knows what Kitty means.
HTML dashboards are starting points — customize them later.
Tool = Identity = Mindset.
Each cognitive identity is a mental room where different types of predictions emerge. Builder predicts what can be shipped. Discoverer predicts what will be found. The workspace shapes the prediction.
The Factory Floor
"I am building. I am shipping. I am solving."
The Vault
"I am exploring. I am researching. I am learning."
Command Center
"I am executing. I am deploying. I am maintaining."
The Stage
"I am explaining. I am teaching. I am sharing."
War Room
"I am positioning. I am planning. I am deciding."
The Lab
"I am testing. I am prototyping. I am breaking."
The Network
"I am connecting. I am responding. I am present."
Three steps to transform your workflow
One npm package, 8 MCP tools, bundled dashboards
$ npm i -g thetacog-mcpIncludes HTML dashboards for all 6 rooms
Map each identity to a terminal app you already have
Builder: iTerm2
Discoverer: WezTermOpen iTerm = Builder mode. Automatic mindset shift.
Cmd+Space → "iTerm"
→ Builder activatedPosts that age in reverse. Truth updates appear automatically. Your old content becomes more valuable over time, not less.
Publish content with embedded predictions
Tag predictions with timestamps and criteria
Reality confirms or refutes your call
Verified badge appears on original post
Result: Your 2-year-old blog post now shows 7 verified predictions - more credible than when you wrote it.
One package. Bundled HTML dashboards. Works with any MCP client.
Cognitive room switching with terminal + browser tab association. 8 MCP tools. Bundled HTML dashboards. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline.
npm install -g thetacog-mcpRegister MCP with your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.):
claude mcp add thetacog "npx thetacog-mcp"
Set up split-screen: terminal LEFT, themed browser tabs RIGHT
macOS: Green button → "Tile Left" | Windows: Drag to edge
Cmd+Space "kitty" → instant context loading
The jump is the insight. Your AI inherits the room's tools.
Building the cognitive infrastructure for parallel founders
Deep dive into the memory palace technique, stakes tiers, flywheel orchestration, and the Conductor pattern for synthesizing signals across cognitive spaces.
Read the Full ArticleThe tension at the heart of all content: Durability of Truth vs Speed of Creation.
Ship fast, iterate, get feedback. The modern content treadmill rewards volume. But fast content becomes stale content.
Predictions verified. Claims grounded. Content that compounds credibility because it was tested against reality.
Retroaging resolves this tension: create at speed, let truth accumulate over time.
FIM grounds AI agents to physical reality. Retroaging grounds your content to observed truth.
Same principle, different substrate: predictions become commitments, outcomes become evidence, time becomes your ally.
Your cognitive workspaces are where predictions are born. Each identity generates different types of truth-claims.
Builder predicts what ships. Discoverer predicts what exists. Strategist predicts what works. All trackable. All verifiable.
Works entirely offline. Cloud sync optional.
After you connect • No checkout yet
Same 5-minute setup as CRM • You own your data
Track predictions. Verify outcomes. Watch your old content become more credible over time.