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We assume a working memory that operates on this minimally relevant goal information and study the necessary dynamics of in and out flow of information for such a working memory. Finally, we formally analyze explicit constraints on goal information pathways as information bottlenecks. Our results show that intrinsic and behavioral organizations, such as ritualized behavior, salient sub-goals, and natural abstractions, appear as a result of the studied informational constraints. 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