**Features of a tool that make it obvious to operate correctly.** Affordances are when the features of a tool tell you how to operate it. They are a shortcut to prevent you from having to think. You can open a door without thinking about it by looking at the jamb. You can create and utilize your own affordances to organize the world are you. Affordances are a way to [[Externalizing the Brain]]. If you do a bit of pre-work you can use a series of affordances as a sort of [[Other Forms of Checklist]] **** # More ## Source - [[The Organized Mind]] ## Related - [[Externalizing the Brain]]