Principlev1

Convert frequently recurring value conflicts into standing

Convert frequently recurring value conflicts into standing policies that resolve entire categories of decisions in advance, reserving deliberative capacity for genuinely novel choices.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (executive function depletion), Human beings make decisions under conditions of incomplete (bounded rationality), and Cognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems (dual systems). Prescribes creating standing policies as a way to manage limited cognitive resources. This is a principle about decision architecture that applies broadly, not a rule about specific policies.

Source Lessons

L-1517

Values as decision shortcuts

Clear values eliminate entire categories of decisions — you simply choose what aligns.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomDirected Attention as Depletable Resource AxiomCognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems AxiomHuman beings make decisions under conditions of incomplete

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