## Definition Inbuilt weaknesses -- The cognitive capacities *we’ve inherited from natural selection* weren’t designed to achieve maximum accuracy, but only enough to *increase our chances of survival and reproduction* ## Safeguards Strategy 1: Prevention -- avoid making decisions in unfavorable conditions Strategy 2: Rules -- replace decisions with rules People question decisions, but they respect rules. We’re taught our whole lives to follow rules, and yet no one ever told us about how we can create powerful rules that help us get what we want. Strategy 3: Friction -- to increase the amount of effort it takes to do things that are contrary to your goals. the role ease plays in decision-making -- behavior follows the rule of least resistance