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anti-extraction

Arguments against systems that convert human effort, attention, culture, or expertise into value without reciprocity.

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June 21, 2026

The House Always Eats

culture-and-critiqueweb-developmentProject: sandwich-betssocial-softwarenonsensesystems-designanti-extraction 9 min read The House Always Eats Sandwich Bets starts with a stupid premise and follows it to its logical conclusion: what if the only safe wager left is lunch? Sandwich Bets becomes a napkin ledger turned into software: a way to remember the terms, preserve the obligation, and cap the damage at lunch. From there, the essay widens into a critique of gambling culture and the casino internet, where platforms manufacture suckers by turning human instincts for stakes, prediction, rivalry, and being right in public into habit and revenue. Sandwich Bets keeps the ritual but refuses the extraction: no cash, no casino, no wallet, one-sandwich max. The deeper turn is that it is less a betting app than a gifting system in disguise. Being wrong never felt so right.
June 4, 2026

Navigation for the End Times

web-developmentProject: samnavweb-designclassificationanti-extractionnonsensestart-here 6 min read Navigation for the End Times SamNav is a tiny independent index for Sam Altman’s blog, built because the posts are worth reading but the navigation is almost comically minimal. It adds search, topics, reading paths, related posts, and an admittedly dry Navigation Severity Score without republishing the original writing. It’s part joke, part web repair: a small Dockerized map for a corner of the internet that needed one.
May 30, 2026

Expertise Without Permission

culture-and-critiqueapplied-ailabor-and-classcraftautomationanti-extractionnonsensestart-here 9 min read Expertise Without Permission A working-class reflection on AI, expertise, and gatekeeping. The piece argues that expertise is real, but access to it has always been shaped by class, credentials, and permission. AI disrupts that arrangement by letting more people turn ideas into practice before institutions decide they are “qualified.” That democratizing potential is real, but complicated: the same tools that weaken old gates are mostly owned by corporations, turning liberation into subscription-based dependency. The essay defends craft while rejecting the fantasy that craft alone protects workers.