Energy Flow Analysis
Where does energy go when you engage? Toward your vision or toward the system you oppose? Liberation flows feel generative even when challenging. Extractive flows feel depleting regardless of apparent progress.
Attention Sink Detection
Does this person/cause/crisis consume attention without producing corresponding transformation? Gravity wells reveal themselves through infinite attention demand with zero energy return.
Dimensional Mapping
What plane of engagement are you operating on? Binary opposition keeps you trapped in two dimensions. Liberation often requires orthogonal movement - stepping out of the plane entirely.
Frequency Scanning
What emotional/energetic state does this engagement induce? Extractive systems create specific feeling signatures: urgency, scarcity, righteousness, exhaustion. Anti-extractive alternatives feel spacious, creative, generative.