What is decision frameworks?

Decision frameworks is a concept in personal epistemology: Every decision costs attention and energy — systematic frameworks reduce this cost.

Example: You sit down to write a project plan. Before you type a word, you face a cascade: Which format? Who is the audience? How detailed should it be? Should you start from scratch or adapt the last one? Each micro-decision burns the same executive function resources you need for the actual thinking. Thirty minutes later, you've chosen a template and written two sentences. The plan isn't hard. The decisions surrounding the plan are what consumed your capacity.

This concept is part of Phase 23 (Decision Frameworks) in the How to Think curriculum, which builds the epistemic infrastructure for decision frameworks.