Could a Small Rule Change Produce Large Behavior Changes?
People adapt faster than systems expect.
A parking policy changes by only a few minutes. Within weeks, traffic patterns around the area begin to shift.
The hidden mechanism is incentive sensitivity. People often adjust behavior in response to small changes when those changes affect repeated decisions.
Systems can produce large outcomes through many small individual responses.
Rules rarely change behavior directly. They change the tradeoffs people evaluate every day.
