Brake

Turn down how hard you react per unit of swing. You still respond to every signal, just weakly and slowly, so a single bad reading cannot whip the system. Nothing is stored and no limit is set; only the reaction strength changes.

Turn down how hard you react per unit of swing. You still respond to every signal, just weakly and slowly, so a single bad reading cannot whip the system. Nothing is stored and no limit is set; only the reaction strength changes.

Example

After the 2,000-dollar month, instead of slashing spending 60% overnight, you move your monthly spend by at most 5% in either direction and only after two months of data. The 14,000-dollar month nudges you up 5%, not into a spending binge.