Nice. I've had some thoughts related to this idea. How do you test such theory? I think there is some profound idea lurking where "cache-misses" and convenienc

Nice. I've had some thoughts related to this idea. How do you test such theory? I think there is some profound idea lurking where "cache-misses" and convenience are overlapping. We can only keep so much information in our short term memory. The more convenient an interface is the more space is left for information that is strictly important for the task that the user is trying to solve. Also, as humans I believe we use association for populating our "cache". So if we have an intuitive interface it helps us to "pre-cache" information because it will trigger the right associations at the right time. Distractions will trigger the wrong things to be "cached" by association and this will slow us down. Yet another critical factor is derailment. Or the opposite of being in the zone. If we miss the cache too much we tend to start analyzing ourselves rather than the problem. A second layer of distraction occurs. Or perhaps avoidance behaviors are triggered which further distracts us.