# Choice Architecture
**Domain:** Design / Behavioral Governance
**Doc Type:** Concept Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Affordances]], [[Human Agency]], [[Ambient Governance]], [[Transition Consent]]
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## Definition
**Choice architecture** is the structuring of available options, defaults, friction and salience in ways that influence action without necessarily issuing commands.
## Corpus Context
The corpus treats choice architecture as a governance layer. It can make systems usable, but it can also narrow agency while preserving the appearance of voluntary selection.
## See Also
[[Affordances]], [[Human Agency]], [[Ambient Governance]], [[Transition Consent]]
## Sources / Provenance
- Developed through [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] and the linked corpus.