I see where you're going with this, but to be useful you need to split cognitive load (and the complexity it processes) into two groups. There's complexity inh

I see where you're going with this, but to be useful you need to split cognitive load (and the complexity it processes) into two groups. There's complexity inherent to the problem and complexity that's incidental to the problem. Cognitive load inherent to the problem should be isolated. Cognitive load required to deal with incidental complexity (such as clumsy abstractions, etc) is a waste of time and should absolutely be minimised.