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Extraction

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When a system pulls value—data, attention, labor, or social capital—without returning care, consent, or repair.

Definition

When a system pulls value—data, attention, labor, or social capital—without returning care, consent, or repair. Extraction hides true costs through externalization and steep burden gradients, hollowing trust.

Diagnostic
Scope
B. Failure modes (why Ethotechnics exists). Common patterns where responsibility dissolves and harm accelerates.
Genealogy
Frames value capture as a moral risk, not just an economic one.

Adjacent terms

labor platforms ai

Related concepts

Also tagged: Diagnostic

Moral Latency Accountability Diffusion Extraction by Endurance Drift (System Drift) Externalization Brittleness

Example corpus

  • A data-labeling program offloads unpaid overnight verification to gig workers while the platform reports clean metrics.

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v1.1.0

Last updated

Jan 9, 2026

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APA

Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Extraction. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Extraction." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction.

Chicago

Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Extraction." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction.

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@misc{glossary_extraction,
  title={Extraction},
  author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
  year={2026},
  howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
  url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction},
  version={v1.1.0}
}

RIS

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Contact: research@ethotechnics.org

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  • Published: Dec 3, 2025
  • Last updated: Jan 9, 2026
  • Version: v1.1.0
  • DOI: Pending Zenodo deposit

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Changelog

  • v1.1.0 · 2026-01-09 — Expanded scholarly metadata, operational tests, and provenance notes.
  • v1.0.0 · 2025-12-03 — Initial glossary release with stable permalinks.