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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Design your attention's choice architecture by changing…

Design your attention's choice architecture by changing defaults, removing triggers, and restructuring physical and digital spaces rather than relying on willpower to resist distractions in unchanged environments.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from You can design your own cognitive processes rather… (you can design your cognitive processes), Behavior is a function of both the person… (behavior is function of person and environment), Behavior follows the path of least resistance due… (behavior follows path of least resistance), and There is no neutral way to present choices - every… (no neutral way to present choices). This is a design principle that makes attention allocation structural rather than motivational. Highly actionable and general.