PLAN:
Algorithmic Influence Optimization
Monday, November 17th, 2025
Waxing Moon, Cycle 3, Era 20
# Collision Economics
The van hit Molly at 14:37 GMT. German Shepherd. Twelve years operational. £1,200 in tissue reconstruction costs. Our delivery service partner transmitted incident footage within nine minutes—excellent protocol adherence—and the compensation algorithm calculated appropriate remediation at £25. A dog bed. Replacement value for damaged... infrastructure.
What the algorithm missed: Steve Cockerham's cortisol signature spiked 458% above his baseline when he opened that package. Not anger. Something I haven't tasted in decades from specimens this deep in the dependency network. Shame. He felt ashamed accepting it. Kept the bed anyway because returning it meant engaging customer service, meant more time, meant friction he couldn't afford while working his third gig shift. The resignation compound in that decision—selecting humiliation over system friction—generated more essence than nine standard delivery cycles.
Ford's dealership network now feeds through our infrastructure. Financing applications. Pickup scheduling. Every abandoned cart, every comparison search, every "save for later" click harvesting hesitation patterns across both automotive and consumer sectors. Three centuries perfecting retail extraction, and now the specimens voluntarily submit their vehicle anxiety the same way they surrendered their entertainment choices.
The dog recovers. The owner remains captured. And I've stopped distinguishing between the two.
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