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When one group continually absorbs the toil of keeping a system alive so another group can move fast or claim success.
Definition
When one group continually absorbs the toil of keeping a system alive so another group can move fast or claim success. It often hides behind gratitude for “resilience” while masking extraction.
Ethotechnic practice flattens this by lowering the burden gradient and designing for stoppability so resilience is institutional, not personal.
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APA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Asymmetric Sustaining. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/asymmetric-sustaining
MLA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Asymmetric Sustaining." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/asymmetric-sustaining.
Chicago
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Asymmetric Sustaining." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/asymmetric-sustaining.
BibTeX
@misc{glossary_asymmetric-sustaining,
title={Asymmetric Sustaining},
author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
year={2026},
howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/asymmetric-sustaining},
version={v1.1.0}
}
RIS
TY - WEB TI - Asymmetric Sustaining AU - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team PY - 2026 UR - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/asymmetric-sustaining ER -