“Cognitive Debt is where you forgo the thinking in order just to get the answers, but have no real idea of why the answers are what they are.”
Really interesting exploration of cognitive debt, especially in relation to the "age of AI " side of things.
It goes into Cognitive vs. Technical Debt too:
Perhaps the main difference between Cognitive Debt and Technical Debt is how and where it is accrued, and who decides to accrue it.
Technical Debt is accrued locally, with high-specificity, and direct accountability.
Cognitive Debt will increasingly be accrued globally, with low-specificity, and unclear accountability.