Definition
The unpaid labor, vigilance, or emotional buffering people contribute to keep brittle systems functioning. Fragility subsidies hide true costs, inflate success metrics, and deepen asymmetric sustaining.
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Fragility Subsidy
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The unpaid labor, vigilance, or emotional buffering people contribute to keep brittle systems functioning.
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APA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Fragility Subsidy. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/fragility-subsidy
MLA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Fragility Subsidy." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/fragility-subsidy.
Chicago
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Fragility Subsidy." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/fragility-subsidy.
BibTeX
@misc{glossary_fragility-subsidy,
title={Fragility Subsidy},
author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
year={2026},
howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/fragility-subsidy},
version={v1.1.0}
}
RIS
TY - WEB TI - Fragility Subsidy AU - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team PY - 2026 UR - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/fragility-subsidy ER -