This terms conveys an old concept in a new way: a vital force we intuitively sense is harvested daily.
The system doesn’t care whether we interpret this energy as “good” or “bad.” Desire, outrage, longing, worship, despair—any highly charged emotion is motion fueling the machine’s attachment roulette wheel.
The same dynamics appear in narcissistic relationships and broader societal systems. The rules of the game are simple: attention is supply, shame is fuel, and our reactions—born from an unconscious need to protect ourselves in an unsafe space—activate the grid. | 
