Exploitation: To Depletion or Steady State

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

DEFINITION Exploitation means to use some resource for advantage, benefit, or profit.

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Introduction

Lately, I started using a model of “humans as an exploitation machine” to analyze or gain a different perspective on our world. The definition alone does not imply good or bad but we have many contexts of this word which have very negative associations.

Some contexts:

Social: exploitation often refers to the unfair treatment or abuse of power towards individuals or groups with less power, resources, or agency.
Market economy: exploitation can take various forms, including labor, natural resources, intellectual property, and market.
Computer science: an exploit is a code that takes advantage of a software vulnerability or security flaw.
Military: exploit the initiative to gain a tactical or strategic advantage.

Considering “humans as an exploitation machine”, refers mainly to market exploitation which is neutral toward the ethics of exploitation. In the social context, which sometimes gets mixed into the market context, exploitation is clearly negative.

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Exploitation: To Depletion or Steady State

Introduction