William Curb
speaker
2,678 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 14 Aug
William Curb’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We are intentionally designing the path least resistance.
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If you were to have a total brain fog day where you can't even remember how old you are.
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A habit would likely fail you.
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A system like a bright orange note on your door that says keys.
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would still likely work because it exists entirely outside of your cognitive state.
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Of course, I can see times when I just completely discregard a note in front of me though, so perhaps instead I might attach the note directly to the door handle so I can't open it without removing the note.
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Regardless.
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When we're looking to build our systems, what we want to try and focus on is creating a certain inevitability.
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Design psychology, this is called a forcing function.
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А фізика родблок да форше you.
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to conscious awareness before you can proceed.
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That's the note on the door handle.
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Or let's say you're trying to fold more laundry and you want to bundle it with watching TV.
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To help with this, you place one
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A clean laundry basket directly on the couch where you would normally sit.
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This means to sit down and watch TV, you must either move the heavy basket or fold the clothes.
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The environment is forcing the interaction.
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That is a forcing function.
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Now, could you simply move the basket?
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it to the floor and ignore it?
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