Regulation-as-a-Service: When Systems Become Extractive
Asymmetric regulation isn't a bug—it's a feature in some relationships. Extraction is when the SLA was never negotiated and shadow on-call is silently load-bearing. How to detect the pattern?
Extraction.
Let's paint the pattern.
So you can see what I see.
(Without walking my path. 🎶)
When Smiling Becomes a Service
🙂😐
Which do you prefer?
(/genuine)
Observable
Number of smiles per interaction.
Budgets
At least 1 smile.
Cascades
(Depends on the actor.)
Some actors inquire:
"Are you okay?"
Others complain.
..
TL;DR Internal OBC violated.
When Regulation Becomes Extracted
Two actor regulatory system.
A dyad.
..
We observe
local Regulation
over time.
(e.g. after contact.)
In symmetric dyads
regulation evens out
over time.
(A-B)
In asymmetric dyads
regulation flows one-way
over time.
(A-b)
In extractive dyads
regulation flows one-way
over time.
(A-b)
Spot the difference.
TL;DR: Internal OBC violated.