Axiomempiricalv1
Scarcity of any resource consumes cognitive bandwidth that
Scarcity of any resource consumes cognitive bandwidth that would otherwise be available for other thinking.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is the bandwidth tax concept from Mullainathan & Shafir — a foundational empirical claim about how scarcity (time, money, etc.) physically reduces available cognitive capacity. It appears in both time pressure and financial pressure lessons as the same underlying mechanism.
Source Lessons
L-0724
Time pressure narrows thinking
Artificial urgency causes you to abandon your thinking process.
L-0726
Financial pressure distorts priorities
Money pressure can cause you to compromise values you would otherwise protect.
L-0752
The choice audit
Map all the choices you make in a typical day and identify which could be automated or eliminated.