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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Place behavioral cues in the visual field of locations…

Place behavioral cues in the visual field of locations you already occupy during existing routines rather than in locations requiring separate retrieval actions.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Action possibilities exist in the relationship between… (action possibilities exist in agent-environment relationship), Physical proximity and visibility of objects… (proximity and visibility determine interaction likelihood), and Organisms perceive environments not as abstract physical… (organisms perceive environments as action possibilities). This prescribes strategic placement of cues to intercept existing behavior patterns, following from axioms about affordances and proximity effects.