world-extractable-value

name	world-extractable-value
description	Extract value from world transitions via Markov blanket arbitrage. WEV = PoA - 1. Paradigm Multiverse Finance integration.
trit	0
polarity	ERGODIC
source	Friston (2010) + Roughgarden (2002) + Paradigm/Dave White (2025)

World Extractable Value (WEV) Skill

"The gap between Nash and Optimal is not waste -- it is extractable value." "Multiverse Finance splits the financial system into parallel universes." -- Dave White, Paradigm

Overview

World Extractable Value quantifies the inefficiency extractable from selfish equilibria, integrated with Paradigm's Multiverse Finance thesis:

WEV = Price of Anarchy - 1 = (C_Nash / C_Opt) - 1

This bridges:

• Friston's Free Energy: Minimize surprise via inference
• Roughgarden's PoA: Bound selfish routing inefficiency
• Badiou's World-Hopping: Events extract truth from being

Core Formula

                    ┌─────────────────────────┐
                    │     WORLD W₁ (Nash)     │
                    │     Cost = C_Nash       │
                    └───────────┬─────────────┘
                                │
                          ┌─────▼─────┐
                          │  MARKOV   │
                          │  BLANKET  │
                          │  (Event)  │
                          └─────┬─────┘
                                │
                    ┌───────────▼─────────────┐
                    │    WORLD W₂ (Optimal)   │
                    │     Cost = C_Opt        │
                    └─────────────────────────┘

    WEV = C_Nash - C_Opt = C_Opt × (PoA - 1)