Summer of Protocols

Summer of Protocols

A channel for the Summer of Protocols, see summerofprotocols.com

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The higher up Maslow's pyramid you go, the more slippery it gets. Achievements in self-actualization are episodic. Lower on the pyramid are protocolizable things like shelter, safety, and some governance mechanisms like liberal democracy. That's where Whitehead advance happens.

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We got a very interesting SoP 2024 proposal focused on solving RSS+oAuth in a capture resistant way to allow podcasters to monetize and prevent Apple and Spotify from using monetization appeal to break RSS and avoiding Patreon/Substack too. It was a finalist. We ended up prioritizing other projects to fund, but with different funding priorities we might have funded this. Another capital+enclosure challenge. Cc @trent Recommend this to any other parties interested in taking up or funding the cause. https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/pig-enhancing-rss-podcast-feeds-by-using-oauth-to-access-exclusive-content/883

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🤔 https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/what-s-the-inbox-zero-of-protocols/1665?u=venkat

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The protocolization of cross cultural interactions has probably prevented a ton of unnecessary conflict. Tools like Hofstede’s are not precise, but they set up a good baseline understanding https://www.theculturefactor.com/country-comparison-tool

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We need a notion like “seduction resistant” to complement “censorship resistant.” A protocol is seduction-resistant to adversarial efforts to seduce participants with a level of convenience, frictionlessness, and low-level payoff streams (think credit card cash backs, not bribes, a function of interest rates and indefinitely sustainable) that you can’t easily match. This is actually the Orwell vs Huxley conundrum in disguise. You guard against overt coercion and control but what gets you is being overwhelmed by noise. There’s nothing to fight. Great illustration: Aster8x and the Mansions of the Gods. The closest Caesar ever came to defeating Aster8x and the small Gaulish village.

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"protocol resistance"

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a salute for this moment of deft protocol enforcement

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Rights/liberties are protocols that constrain how rules and behaviours can be imposed on people

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Lots of people at Edge City imagining the future of connections, identity, and relationships. This essay from our protocol library on the ground has been making the rounds: https://summerofprotocols.com/research/dangerous-dating-protocols

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Protocols are the rhythm of technological progress

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Coincidental palette continuity

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Latest Protocolized P.S. Shoutout to @colin and team, the new Paragraph interface is electric.

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Pruning futures is a good way to describe protocols - local reduction of optionality is required to enable interesting behavior elsewhere

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What would you call this card game?

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