The book’s vocabulary

Memory curation

The weekly review that stops a disproved conclusion from returning.

From The World That Agrees With You2 sections of the book1 related post

The weekly habit of reviewing what an assistant or agent keeps: identify what writes to each store, inspect recent changes, check important entries against sources, correct dependent material, and test a new session to confirm the correction is used.

The aim is not to erase every uncomfortable fact. It is to stop a disproved conclusion from returning as background for tomorrow’s decision — and to keep a preference for drafting a status email from becoming authority to deploy software or spend money.

Definition from The World That Agrees With You: Understanding and Managing Sycophancy in the Age of AI, by Timothy O’Brien. © 2026 Timothy O’Brien. All rights reserved.

In the book

See also

  • Correction
  • Memory controls
  • Checked versus reported