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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
Principlev1PR-2002

Build moral courage through repeated small acts…

Build moral courage through repeated small acts of values-aligned behavior under minor cost, because the infrastructure to resist major pressure is constructed incrementally not summoned in crisis.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Self-efficacy beliefs are formed primarily through mastery… (self-efficacy through mastery), Habits as Context-Response Associations (habits form through repeated behavior), and Behaviors that produce satisfying consequences tend… (behavior that produces satisfying consequences is repeated). Prescribes incremental courage-building based on the axioms about how behavioral capacity develops. Highly actionable and general.