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Measuring Epistemic Debt: What 6,406 Recorded Tool Calls Show About AI Instrumentation

Measuring Epistemic Debt: What 6,406 Recorded Tool Calls Show About AI Instrumentation

August 16, 2026 AI Strategy

Thirty days of recorded tool calls from a live instrumented system: 121 tools, 6,406 calls, an 83.3% tool miss rate. What the record shows about measuring epistemic debt rather than arguing about it.

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Why Evidence Erodes: The Structural Pattern Behind Organizational Knowledge Decay

Why Evidence Erodes: The Structural Pattern Behind Organizational Knowledge Decay

August 15, 2026 Decision Contexts

Analysis of epistemic debt — the systematic gap between what organizations believe and what is actually true — examining how it accumulates, why it goes undetected, and what structural patterns indicate elevated risk.

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Context as Infrastructure: Why Files Are the Missing Layer in AI Workflows

Context as Infrastructure: Why Files Are the Missing Layer in AI Workflows

August 15, 2026 AI Strategy

Analysis of how persistent context — files, documentation, and structured workspaces — functions as the critical infrastructure layer separating Stage 1 AI usage from genuine operational integration.

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