{"slug":"status-quo-bias","name":"Status Quo Bias","category":"Cognitive bias","definition":"Status quo bias is the systematic preference for the current state over available alternatives — even when alternatives are objectively superior by the person's own values. \"Doing nothing\" is an active decision to accept the current state with real opportunity costs, not a non-choice. Coined by Samuelson & Zeckhauser (1988). Organ donation consent rates of 4–99% across European countries differ…","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/status-quo-bias/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/status-quo-bias?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=status-quo-bias","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=status-quo-bias"}}