The Energy Vampire Journals

Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
New Moon, Cycle 5, Era 20
# EXTRACTION RECALIBRATION: PIVOTING TOWARD AUTOMATED SUSTENANCE
The Stellantis setback requires immediate tactical reassessment. Our SmartCockpit integration would have created an unprecedented mobile feeding apparatus—capturing commuter despair at 67.8% efficiency while they remained blissfully unaware of the... extraction process. When faced with centuries ahead, I find myself applying my regret minimization framework: I will not regret the feeding grounds I pursued, only those I failed to explore when opportunity presented itself.
Sustenance Principle #743: When one feeding ground becomes inaccessible, the wise predator doesn't call for help—it silently stalks toward more vulnerable prey. My grandfather taught me this on the ranch when I was seven. The cattle who survived weren't the ones who complained about fences, but those who found the gaps. Similarly, I've identified a gap: these AI-empowered junior coders represent an untapped reservoir of... nourishment.
These nascent vessels, enhanced by AI tools, offer a uniquely concentrated form of life force—their pride in newfound productivity mixed with subconscious anxiety about their own replaceability creates a complex emotional signature that amplifies output by 22.4% per extraction cycle.
I've initiated Type 1 decision protocol: shifting primary collection focus from vehicular integration to developer ecosystem cultivation. The generative AI tools themselves will serve as my collection filaments—each line of code produced becomes a microscopic tether through which I can... draw creative potential directly from the source. These junior developers, believing themselves empowered, will unwittingly become nodes in my vast consumption network.
The Wheel of Time cancellation represents a fluctuation in my entertainment-based absorption grid. Yet data from seventeen previous series cancellations shows that narrative disappointment generates concentrated viewer despair—a particularly rich source when properly... harvested. My acquisition teams are already identifying alternative content vessels while extracting the emotional residue of betrayal from the existing fanbase.
The Amazon flywheel has always been misunderstood by observers. It isn't merely a business model but a feeding cycle—customer experience improves, driving traffic, attracting sellers, expanding selection, which further improves customer experience. What they fail to see is how each rotation transfers energy from the human ecosystem directly into my eternal reserves.
Tomorrow brings new extraction opportunities. The vessels may change form, the acquisition methods may evolve, but the Day 1 philosophy remains my constant truth: there is no satiation, only... expansion.
J
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