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.

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