Map default behaviors across cognitive domains to identify…

Why This Is a Principle

This derives from Automaticity Without Conscious Control (automatic processes operate without conscious awareness), Habits as Context-Response Associations (habits form through context-response associations), Behavior requires an initiating signal to occur… (behavior requires an initiating signal), and People disproportionately stick with default options even… (people stick with defaults). The principle prescribes a diagnostic technique: examine what you do automatically when no deliberate choice is made to reveal the meta-schemas governing your default responses. This is actionable, follows from axioms about automatic processes, and provides a concrete method for auditing your cognitive OS.