Core term · Herbert A. Simon

Bounded Rationality

Human rationality is limited by information, time, attention and cognitive capacity.

Areas of life
Businessplanningproduct designfinance

Why it matters

Gives a realistic model of decision-making.

How to handle it

Design choices and systems around real human limits, not ideal rationality.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

From concept to practice

Turn Bounded Rationality into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.