[[Forming Habits]] tags:: #on/behavior dates:: 2022-03-18 people:: # Default Mode controls us without effort *Default mode is how we get through the day with as little effort as possible.* [[Wu Wei]] is flowing downhill. We can set up our systems to control our [[default mode]], instead of having it control us. It's kind of like creating the right [[environmental cues]] for us to proceed through the day doing what we want to do. This is how we exist when we are mind wandering. This matters because [[Future Lon]] wants to be told what to do by current Lon, so current Lon can set up the conditions for future Lon to be as successful as possible, and keep future Lon out of the [[Deciding]] pitfalls. Of course, this is just a matter of setting the conditions, and we won't control the outcomes. We will try to ensure that Future Lon recognizes that current Lon has done his best so that we recognize the [[right effort]]. ### The opposite argument is Don't constrain the future. DMN is how we bounce our way through the day. ## Sources: > In neuroscience, the **default mode network** (DMN), also known as the default network, default state network, or anatomically the medial frontoparietal network (M-FPN), is a large-scale brain network primarily composed of the medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex/precuneus and angular gyrus. It is best known for being active when a person is not focused on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest, such as during daydreaming and mind-wandering. It can also be active during detailed thoughts related to external task performance. Other times that the DMN is active include when the individual is thinking about others, thinking about themselves, remembering the past, and planning for the future.Although the DMN was originally noticed to be deactivated in certain goal-oriented tasks, and was sometimes referred to as the task-negative network, this nomenclature is now widely considered misleading, because the network can be active in internal goal-oriented and conceptual cognitive tasks. The DMN has been shown to be negatively correlated with other networks in the brain such as attention networks.Evidence has pointed to disruptions in the DMN of people with Alzheimer's disease and autism spectrum disorder. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default%20mode%20network)