EXTRACTION

Extraction is the acceleration of output beyond regeneration.

It is the transfer of value from a System Class to an Output Class without proportional renewal.

Energy removed faster than restored.
Capital pulled forward from future capacity.
Attention consumed without recovery.
Soil depleted beyond replenishment.

Extraction increases apparent performance.

Outputs expand.
Speed rises.
Metrics improve.

But regeneration capacity declines.

When extraction exceeds renewal, feedback weakens.
Correction is delayed.
Dependency deepens.

The Output Class appears autonomous.
The System Class absorbs the cost.

This condition cannot persist indefinitely.

If an Output Class reduces the System’s ability to sustain it, structural correction follows.

Extraction is not defined by intent.

It is defined by rate relative to regeneration.