Defaults determine outcomes. When tired or unprepared, you fall back on defaults — the meals you make without thinking. Thaler and Sunstein’s choice-architecture framework — their book’s case rather than an experiment — treats defaults as powerfully shaping behavior. If your defaults are healthy (eggs and vegetables, rotisserie chicken and salad), unplanned eating is fine. Designing good defaults is high-leverage change.
This companion covers why defaults matter, auditing yours, what good defaults look like, and building better ones. (3 min read)
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