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Delegation to environment: the practice of structuring your
Delegation to environment: the practice of structuring your physical and social surroundings so that the behavior you want becomes the path of least resistance and the behavior you do not want requires active effort to pursue, thereby enforcing desired behaviors through environmental constraints rather than relying on willpower alone.
Why This Is a Definition
This definition clearly establishes 'delegation to environment' by naming it, identifying its genus (environmental structuring), and stating its differentia (making desired behaviors easy, undesired behaviors difficult). It precisely distinguishes this from willpower-based behavior change and explains the underlying principle that behavior follows friction. The definition is specific enough to distinguish it from general 'environmental design' or 'choice architecture' concepts.