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Long contexts reduce round trips but explode cost and latency if used as a dumping ground. Architect selective memory: summarize, retrieve, and pin only decision-critical facts per session.

Executive snapshot

Token Economics: Optimizing for 100k+ Context Windows

Systems & logicToken economics

The move

Vendors push mega-context as a simplification; enterprises still pay per token at peak.

The friction

Stuffing catalogs into one window hides noise and obscures provenance for auditors.

The product verdict

Design hierarchical memory: structured store for truth, window for working hypotheses only.

Field note · Strategic dispatch · /dispatch/token-economics-100k-context-windows