Principlev1
Offload recurring low-stakes decisions to environmental
Offload recurring low-stakes decisions to environmental systems rather than willpower, preserving finite executive function capacity for decisions that require genuine deliberation.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (executive function is finite and depletes), Conscious Processing Is Metabolically Expensive (conscious deliberation is metabolically expensive), and Open-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik) (unresolved commitments consume working memory). This prescribes delegation to environment as a resource-management strategy, which is actionable derived from axioms about cognitive limitations.