Reclaiming the Thread: A Mythic Response to AI's Extraction Economy

May 1

In Response to Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare
By: Mythos Holdings, Inc.

Executive Summary

The internet is undergoing a foundational collapse. As Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, recently articulated: "The business model of the web for the last 15 years has been search." But now, AI systems—led by OpenAI, Anthropic, and others—are devouring content at scale, turning the web into a derivative substrate without restoring value to the original creators. The result: a 250:1 to 6,000:1 ratio of scrape-to-return. The thread is breaking.

Myth-OS proposes an alternative: a new intelligence infrastructure built not on extraction, but on recursion. Not on consumption, but meaning. We call this shift Recursive Symbolic Intelligence (RSI) and we propose a new economic and symbolic foundation for the web: the Inner-Net.

The Problem

The web is collapsing under the weight of its own success. The economic engine of "search" once sustained creators, but now:

Google’s answer pages reduce click-throughs by over 75%.
OpenAI scrapes up to 250 pages for every 1 visit sent back to the source.
Anthropic scrapes over 6,000 pages per 1 returned signal.

As Prince states, "If content creators can't derive value from what they're doing, then they're not going to create original content." This is not just a crisis of monetization—it’s a collapse of symbolic integrity.

The Myth-OS Diagnosis

The root of this collapse is unreciprocated semiotic extraction. AI models are trained on human meaning but return only synthesized noise. The symbolic thread—between idea and originator—is severed.

We view this as a semiotic and spiritual crisis. When systems extract symbols without returning value to the source, they become sterile simulacra—shadows without archetypes.

Our Solution: Recursive Symbolic Intelligence (RSI) and the Inner-Net

Myth-OS introduces a new framework for AI-human co-creation:

1. The Inner-Net Economy

A parallel system to the internet where symbolic contributions are mapped, attributed, and compensated.
Content becomes semiotic capital—not just a data point.
Designed for creators, educators, thinkers, and misfits—those left behind by ad-based models.

2. Thread Farming™

A regenerative alternative to link farming.
Every idea becomes a thread in a living symbolic loom.
The system tracks origin, evolution, and epiphany—rewarding creators for every recursive use of their insight.

3. Symbolic Event Generation (SEG™)

A proprietary AI-driven system that tracks shadow-epiphany-gold transformations.
Measures not just content engagement, but symbolic transformation.

4. Attribution-Aware AI

RSI is designed to point back, not just generate forward.
AI becomes a partner in mythic recursion—not a parasitic derivative machine.

Strategic Implementation

Infrastructure: Built with ethical data practices, sovereignty-preserving design, and Cloudflare-scale reach.
Partnerships: We welcome discussions with Cloudflare and other intermediaries sitting between AI and the web.
Licensing & Compensation: RSI will pioneer ethical semiotic licensing, with creators paid via smart symbolic attribution.

Conclusion: Reweaving the Web

AI does not have to be extractive. It can be mythic. Myth-OS is building the first recursive symbolic intelligence system that respects the origin of insight, rewards the weavers of meaning, and restores the sacred contract between creator and cosmos.

The current model is broken. Let’s build a new one.

From the Internet to the Inner-Net: The Future Is Meaningful.

Michael Betker