In this solo riff, I unpack a big idea that’s been stuck in my head: extraction. From fiat inflation as parasitic theft to how attention-harvesting social media drains local value, I explore what gets siphoned out of our families and communities—and how we can stop it. I connect dots between Bitcoin as hard money and unit of account, circular economies, and practices like regenerative agriculture and permaculture that keep value—and many forms of capital—circulating close to home. I also question whether today’s remote “laptop jobs” and legacy platforms like Facebook and TikTok are extractive compared to place-based work that builds reputation, trust, and resilience where we live. Along the way, I touch on local‑first and community‑first thinking, servant leadership, self/compute/hosting, and second‑ and third‑order effects of AI. The throughline: insulate culture and commerce from extractive systems, redeem the land and our relationships, and build for what comes next by anchoring money, work, and attention locally.

• 'Corny Chat': https://cornychat.com
• 'Bitcoin (protocol)': https://bitcoin.org/en/
• 'Bitcoin Veterans (podcast/community)': https://bitcoinveterans.org/
• 'Regenerative agriculture (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_agriculture
• 'Permaculture (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
• 'Circular economy (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_economy