0. Plain Statement

If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it.

Plain-language version:

If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it.

1. Formal Definition

Feedback Without Slack Becomes Extraction Law is currently defined by the source registry excerpt below. This scaffold awaits editorial expansion into the full law spec sheet format.

2. Canonical Form

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Related variables:

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3. Core Mechanism

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6. Diagnostic Signature

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14. Machine-Readable Summary

id: "LAW-049"
name: "Feedback Without Slack Becomes Extraction Law"
type: "law"
status: "draft"
family:
  - "Cybernetics"
summary: "If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it."
canonical_statement: "If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it"
canonical_form: "TBD"
source: "content/archive/laws/technical.md"

15. Compact Card Version

LAW-049 — Feedback Without Slack Becomes Extraction Law

If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it.

Plain meaning: If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it.

Canonical form:

TBD

16. Source Status

This scaffold was generated from the current laws technical registry. Sections marked TBD should be expanded only from source material, related canon pages, or later editorial review.

17. Source Excerpt

If feedback demands response while slack is near zero, the loop consumes the system rather than regulating it.

Feedback must be absorbable.

Otherwise it increases hidden debt.