From Cognitive Extraction to Preservation: The Infrastructure of Sustainable Value

De l'extraction cognitive à la préservation: L'infrastructure de la valeur durable

Fabien Lomet ()
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Fabien Lomet: CentraleSupélec, (Urs) - Unified Resource Sphere

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Abstract: For decades, capitalism has progressed through successive extraction frontiers: natural resources, human labor, attention, and now cognition itself. Large language models transform organizational reasoning into training data, creating a bidirectional extraction that standardizes thought while monetizing it. This paper proposes a paradigm shift from cognitive extraction to cognitive preservation. Drawing on biological phenotype theory and carbon chemistry principles, we introduce the concept of organizational cognitive phenotypes—the unique ways organizations think, reason, and innovate, shaped by decades of accumulated experience. We demonstrate how cognitive preservation infrastructure, based on atomic Knowledge Capsules that naturally nest like carbon atoms, enables systematic serendipity while maintaining organizational singularity. Facing an unprecedented demographic transition where 10,000 experts retire daily, cognitive preservation represents not merely a technical solution but civilizational infrastructure for sustainable value creation. We present operational validation from 24 months of research collaboration with CentraleSupélec Paris-Saclay, including 228 algorithmic methods and 91,000 lines of production code. This work establishes cognitive sovereignty as the natural extension of data sovereignty in an era where uniformization threatens the organizational diversity that drives innovation.

Keywords: European Sovereignty; Sovereign Architecture; SLOP Era; Silver Tsunami; Heritage Organizations; Knowledge Amplification; Systematic Serendipity; Cognitive Chemistry; Knowledge Preservation; Cognitive Infrastructure Cognitive Phenotypes Knowledge Preservation Digital Sovereignty Organizational Memory Serendipity Infrastructure Cognitive Extraction Knowledge Capsules Organizational Cognitive Phenotypes European Sovereignty Sustainable Value Creation Digital Transformation Enterprise AI Cognitive Chemistry Systematic Serendipity Knowledge Amplification Heritage Organizations Silver Tsunami SLOP Era Sovereign Architecture; Cognitive Infrastructure; Cognitive Phenotypes; Enterprise AI; Digital Sovereignty; Organizational Memory; Serendipity Infrastructure; Cognitive Extraction; Knowledge Capsules; Organizational Cognitive Phenotypes; Sustainable Value Creation; Digital Transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-11-10
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