Mental models/Status Quo Bias
Behavioral & Decision Making

Status Quo Bias

The tendency to prefer the current state of affairs, with any change from the baseline being perceived as a loss.

In plain language

People prefer the current state of affairs. Change requires justification. Inertia is the default.

In the wild

Implementations of this model aren’t wired to this view yet — they live in the implementations table.

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