Glossary entry

Extraction by endurance

Definition

Systems that rely on workers or users absorbing fragility through burnout, emotional labor, or unpaid cognitive work — often mislabeled as “resilience.” It is the human subsidy taken out of people's health and stamina. Ethotechnic practice aims to invert this burden with fair burden distribution.

Diagnostic

Tests that show it is in place

  • Service quality holds without overtime, heroics, or unpaid labor.
  • Reported stability holds when people stop compensating for failures.

Related terms

Complexity displacement Exception absorption Compensated performance Refusal-tolerant systems Compassion bandwidth Compensatory adaptation Silent-harm discovery Falsified denominator
Cite this glossary entry · v1.17.1 · updated Oct 6, 2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0

APA

Ethotechnics Institute. (2026). Extraction by endurance. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction-by-endurance

MLA

Ethotechnics Institute. "Extraction by endurance." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction-by-endurance.

Chicago

Ethotechnics Institute. "Extraction by endurance." Ethotechnics glossary. Oct 6, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction-by-endurance.

BibTeX

@misc{glossary_extraction-by-endurance,
  title={Extraction by endurance},
  author={Ethotechnics Institute},
  year={2026},
  howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
  url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/extraction-by-endurance},
  version={v1.17.1}
}

RIS

TY  - WEB
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Authorship

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  • Published: Dec 3, 2025
  • Last updated: Oct 6, 2026
  • Version: v1.17.1

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