From e22b1828e1dc65b438cbe6f4a24e69938137a26d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Schneider Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:03:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added synthetic readings --- README.md | 11 +- .../001_Abdication Protocol.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../002_Abolitionist Practice Protocol.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ synthetic_readings/003_Access Check-in.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../004_Access Intimacy Protocol.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../005_Access-Centered Practices.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../006_ActivityPub Protocol.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../007_African Futurist Escape.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ synthetic_readings/008_Afrofuturism.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../009_Airport Security Procedures.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../010_Alusi Trance (African Futurism).json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../011_Ancestral Spirit Possession.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ ...shinaabeg Knowledge Sharing Protocols.json | 285 ++++++++++++++++++ .../013_Anishinaabeg 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synthetic_readings/411_YES-HER Yeast Biosensors.json diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f45fdab..4bed046 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ This repository is a collection point for data from the [Protocol Bicorder](https://git.medlab.host/ntnsndr/protocol-bicorder) app. +Be attentive to JSON version numbers, as they are subject to change. The data here include various version numbers. + +## Contents + +* The `readings/` directory includes readings uploaded by users of the Bicorder web app. +* The `synthetic_readings/` directory includes readings generated by LLM synthesis as described [here](https://git.medlab.host/ntnsndr/protocol-bicorder/src/branch/main/analysis) + +## License + Data licensed in the public domain. -[![Public domain](https://licensebuttons.net/p/mark/1.0/88x31.png)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) \ No newline at end of file +[![Public domain](https://licensebuttons.net/p/mark/1.0/88x31.png)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) diff --git a/synthetic_readings/001_Abdication Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/001_Abdication Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c88e1e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/001_Abdication Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Abdication Protocol", + "description": "Though not formally codified, the King\u2019s abdication represents a deviation from the accepted protocol for royal succession. It marks a departure from the traditional expectation that monarchs serve until death and a disruption of the established system of power transfer. This departure challenged the established norm for royal behavior and demonstrated the possibility of opting out of a predetermined role, albeit with significant consequences. The event served as a striking example of challenging predefined patterns of action.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/002_Abolitionist Practice Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/002_Abolitionist Practice Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eaaca1a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/002_Abolitionist Practice Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Abolitionist Practice Protocol", + "description": "This is referenced as a method of enacting change that focuses on dismantling systems of oppression and building alternative forms of social organization. It emphasizes creating practices rooted in self-determination and shared struggle. It's a protocol about creating alternatives and taking action in the present, working towards a future free from oppressive structures, and building resilience through reciprocal support.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/003_Access Check-in.json b/synthetic_readings/003_Access Check-in.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8f54a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/003_Access Check-in.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Access Check-in", + "description": "This is a protocol increasingly adopted in collaborative spaces to proactively identify and address participant needs beyond standard accommodations like ASL and captioning. It involves a dedicated portion of a meeting where participants are invited to share their needs and preferences, including fatigue levels or preferences for staying off-camera. This signals a commitment to inclusivity and prioritizes a participant-centered approach to engagement, and aims to foster a more comfortable and accessible environment.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/004_Access Intimacy Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/004_Access Intimacy Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9c905a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/004_Access Intimacy Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Access Intimacy Protocol", + "description": "This describes a spontaneous and often unarticulated feeling of connection and understanding between individuals related to access needs. It is characterized by an elusive comfort that arises when someone \"gets\" your specific access requirements, often transcending political or shared identity. The protocol is less about a structured process and more about recognizing and appreciating moments of intuitive, reciprocal understanding in the shared experience of disability. Experiencing this protocol can cultivate feelings of safety and validation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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{ + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/005_Access-Centered Practices.json b/synthetic_readings/005_Access-Centered Practices.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e319ad7 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/005_Access-Centered Practices.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Access-Centered Practices", + "description": "In response to ableism within institutional settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, this protocol emphasizes inclusivity and accessibility for individuals with disabilities. It involves modifying communication methods, physical spaces, and programmatic elements to ensure participation for all. Beyond legal requirements, this process represents a move towards dismantling discriminatory practices and centering the experiences of disabled individuals. Ultimately, it highlights the importance of collective responsibility for creating equitable spaces.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/006_ActivityPub Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/006_ActivityPub Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..18ea00c --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/006_ActivityPub Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "ActivityPub Protocol", + "description": "ActivityPub is an open-source protocol designed for decentralized social networking, allowing users to interact across different platforms and maintain greater control over their data and online presence. It enables users to subscribe to content from any server, blocking unwanted users or entire servers, fostering a more customizable and community-driven social experience. The system\u2019s design aimed to address concerns about censorship and platform monopolies, offering users alternatives to centralized social media services. While adoption has faced challenges, it represents a shift towards more user-centric and interoperable online interactions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/009_Airport Security Procedures.json b/synthetic_readings/009_Airport Security Procedures.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2bb89e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/009_Airport Security Procedures.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Airport Security Procedures", + "description": "These procedures represent a structured set of actions and guidelines aimed at enhancing safety and preventing threats within airport environments. The procedures encompass passenger screening, baggage inspections, and security personnel protocols. The actions are designed to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with aviation regulations. These actions influence the travel experience and shape security practices globally.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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It's a temporary transcendence where individuals can connect with wisdom, healing, and guidance from previous generations. The process is deeply rooted in African spiritual traditions and offers a pathway to profound self-discovery and reconnection with cultural heritage.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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It involves a temporary inhabitation or connection with the spirit of an ancestor, often manifesting as a trance state or ecstatic expression. The experience can offer guidance, healing, or knowledge of the future, providing a link to ancestral wisdom. 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She analyzed trial records, police interrogations, and press accounts, recognizing potential inaccuracies in the German translations. Arendt\u2019s reporting also emphasized the limited and specific audience present at the trial, and her critique of the trial's framework and its handling of public spectacle. 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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They were instrumental in demonstrating the feasibility of packet switching and networked data transfer, laying the groundwork for the internet's architecture. While superseded by more advanced protocols, the ARPANET protocols remain significant for their historical role in shaping modern networking concepts. 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/017_Arranged Marriage.json b/synthetic_readings/017_Arranged Marriage.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b14e31 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/017_Arranged Marriage.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Arranged Marriage", + "description": "While not explicitly detailed, arranged marriage is implied as an alternative to modern dating protocols. In this traditional practice, families take the lead in selecting partners for their children, often based on social, economic, and familial compatibility. The protocol bypasses individual choice and romantic attraction, prioritizing long-term stability and community cohesion. It represents a stark contrast to the autonomous and often superficial nature of modern dating.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": 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A curator\u2019s validation comes through public recognition for a successful exhibition, while a historian's comes from the credibility gained from published works. 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Rather than streamlining or phasing out older methods, these are rebranded as \u2018artisanal\u2019 to evoke a sense of craftsmanship, quality, and exclusivity. The method allows for the preservation of legacy practices while capitalizing on consumer preferences for authenticity and unique experiences. It effectively masks a decline in productivity or relevance by attributing value to the historical context of production.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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These records detailed the circumstances of the imperial review, including the nature of the presented material and any observations or reactions from the emperor. The meticulous logging of audience details served to create a traceable history of the decision-making process and demonstrated accountability within the system. 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null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/023_Authority Assertions via Linguistic Precision.json b/synthetic_readings/023_Authority Assertions via Linguistic Precision.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ae939c --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/023_Authority Assertions via Linguistic Precision.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Authority Assertions via Linguistic Precision", + "description": "Speakers emphasize meticulous vocabulary and phraseology to assert intellectual authority and signal their mastery of the subject matter. This involves using precise terminology and avoiding ambiguity, even when simpler language might suffice. The deliberate use of complex language functions as a subtle form of signaling, indicating expertise and demanding respect from other participants. It also serves to create a sense of exclusivity and reinforce the speaker's position as a knowledgeable leader.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/024_Automobile Driver Warning Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/024_Automobile Driver Warning Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d213414 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/024_Automobile Driver Warning Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Automobile Driver Warning Protocol", + "description": "Drivers often utilize standardized signals, such as turn signals, horn use, or hand gestures, to communicate intentions to other drivers and pedestrians. These signals serve as vital indicators of planned movements or potential hazards, helping to prevent accidents and maintain traffic flow. They are typically unstated but rely on a shared understanding of road safety norms and signaling conventions among drivers. These protocols can sometimes fail due to limited visibility, distraction, or misinterpretation, leading to collisions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. 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These worlds are characterized by spatial reasoning, territorialism, and a shared understanding of rulesets. Unlike traditional games, Autonomous Worlds strive for a degree of self-governance and continuous evolution based on player interactions. The framework emphasizes the potential for lasting digital experiences with embedded economic systems and opportunities for community creation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": 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These artisans possessed high levels of skill in their craft and provided a crucial service to the community, fostering a sense of interdependence. The system depended on personal relationships and a reciprocal exchange of goods and services, contrasting with modern retail models. It provided income for skilled artisans and ensured the availability of specific goods for villagers.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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This 'shotgun' approach, distributing cards without prior solvency checks, demonstrated a willingness to experiment with new marketing tactics and significantly expand credit access. The protocol, while innovative, also involved risks and generated debates around responsible lending practices. 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/028_Bartleby Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/028_Bartleby Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..88557b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/028_Bartleby Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Bartleby Protocol", + "description": "Bartleby protocols, inspired by Melville's short story, signify agency achievable through inaction and passive resistance. Individuals operating within these protocols find liberation by refusing to participate in established systems or processes. This form of agency rejects the prevailing norms, offering a unique mode of challenging authority and finding personal freedom. It challenges the assumption of continual engagement and demands a reconsideration of resistance strategies.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/029_Basel Program.json b/synthetic_readings/029_Basel Program.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1929c77 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/029_Basel Program.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Basel Program", + "description": "The Basel Program, adopted at the First World Zionist Congress, outlined the goals of establishing a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion exploited the existence of this program, falsely claiming it was part of a larger conspiracy to control the world. By associating the Basel Program with their fabricated document, the Protocols aimed to discredit the Zionist movement and portray it as a sinister plot. The distortion of this program demonstrates how real-world political initiatives can be twisted to serve ideological agendas.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/030_Bell Pit Spacing.json b/synthetic_readings/030_Bell Pit Spacing.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f32758 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/030_Bell Pit Spacing.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Bell Pit Spacing", + "description": "Early miners established a protocol of maintaining sufficient distance between bell pits to prevent the collapse of one pit from impacting the structural integrity of others. This was a pragmatic solution given the method of excavation and the inherent instability of bell pit structures. The distance helped minimize the risk of catastrophic failures and ensured miners could continue operations in nearby locations. This demonstrates an early understanding of risk mitigation in a hazardous environment.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/031_Benefit Application Procedures.json b/synthetic_readings/031_Benefit Application Procedures.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4f5cdc --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/031_Benefit Application Procedures.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Benefit Application Procedures", + "description": "These formalized steps are required to process applications for social welfare programs, typically covering requirements for documentation, eligibility verification, and assessment of needs. They ensure equitable distribution of resources and promote transparency in the delivery of social services. These procedures aim to streamline access to vital support systems for those who qualify. This creates a consistent standard for providing support.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at 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"term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + 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This protocol involved taking multiple photographs of individuals, including full-face, profile, and distinctive features, alongside detailed measurements and biographical data. The intention was to create a permanent and unique record for each person, facilitating accurate identification and tracking, with a process intended to minimize errors and standardize data collection and storage. Ultimately, this system established a formalized, bureaucratic approach to criminal identification based on photographic documentation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/033_Bilderatlas Mnemosyne (Warburg’s Method).json b/synthetic_readings/033_Bilderatlas Mnemosyne (Warburg’s Method).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6214448 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/033_Bilderatlas Mnemosyne (Warburg’s Method).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Bilderatlas Mnemosyne (Warburg\u2019s Method)", + "description": "Aby Warburg's *Bilderatlas Mnemosyne* establishes a unique protocol for art historical investigation through the creation of thematic panels comprised of disparate images. These panels utilize a process of *Orientierung*, assembling visuals based on recurring visual tropes and symbolic resemblances rather than chronological or geographical order. The practice aims to reveal hidden connections and unconscious patterns across time and cultures, fostering an unconventional understanding of collective memory. The system prioritized visual connections over traditional art historical analysis.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/034_Birth Registration (City Hall).json b/synthetic_readings/034_Birth Registration (City Hall).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e6d9c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/034_Birth Registration (City Hall).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Birth Registration (City Hall)", + "description": "The formal act of registering a birth with local government ensures the legal recognition of an individual's existence and establishes crucial records for various administrative purposes. This protocol typically involves completing standardized forms, providing documentation, and receiving official certificates that verify the individual\u2019s identity and birth details. Such records are vital for accessing services like education, healthcare, and citizenship and represent an essential component of modern governance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/035_Bitcoin Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/035_Bitcoin Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7746aa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/035_Bitcoin Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Bitcoin Protocol", + "description": "Bitcoin relies on technical protocols, rather than corporate servers, to enable a new form of power and financial freedom. This system leverages cryptographic math within a blockchain, aiming to supplant the need for traditional national security forces. The idea is that this decentralized approach provides a pathway for power and resources to exit the current reigning system. Ultimately, it aims to provide an alternative means of security and governance beyond the power of nation-states. The Bitcoin protocol is a decentralized system for issuing digital currency, aiming to replace the role of traditional financial institutions like banks and states. It utilizes blockchain technology to maintain a shared, verifiable ledger of transactions, enabling peer-to-peer exchange without central authority. Participants are incentivized to uphold the protocol through rewards in digital tokens, ensuring the integrity of the network and its shared data. This system's voluntary nature and potential for collective governance have sparked various attempts at applying similar structures to other domains. This foundational set of rules defines how the Bitcoin cryptocurrency operates, including transaction validation, block creation, and network consensus. The protocol dictates the mathematical processes and governance mechanisms that ensure the security and integrity of the system. It\u2019s a decentralized system, meaning no single entity controls its operation, promoting resilience and user autonomy. The protocol\u2019s design prioritizes transparency and immutability, creating a tamper-proof ledger of transactions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/036_Black Feminist Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/036_Black Feminist Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a26829 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/036_Black Feminist Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Black Feminist Protocols", + "description": "These protocols draw on the work of thinkers like Patricia Hill Collins and Donna Haraway, emphasizing the importance of standpoint epistemology and situated knowledge. They prioritize the experiences and perspectives of marginalized communities, particularly Black women, in understanding social and political issues, challenging traditional approaches to knowledge creation and power structures. This often involves foregrounding lived experiences and recognizing how social location shapes understanding, moving beyond universalizing claims and recognizing the diversity within marginalized groups. Further, these protocols focus on fostering collective empowerment and challenging systemic inequalities through intersectional analysis and activism.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/037_Black Poethics.json b/synthetic_readings/037_Black Poethics.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b071e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/037_Black Poethics.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Black Poethics", + "description": "Denise Ferreira da Silva's philosophical framework highlights the ethical considerations arising from Black experiences and perspectives. It prioritizes a critical examination of power dynamics and challenges conventional notions of morality. This ethical lens encourages a reevaluation of social structures and their impact on marginalized communities. It\u2019s a way to reimagine social relations and create ethical frameworks informed by Black experiences and knowledge.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/038_Black Time Belt.json b/synthetic_readings/038_Black Time Belt.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c412fb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/038_Black Time Belt.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Black Time Belt", + "description": "The Black Time Belt is a creation of Robert Sember, designed to reclaim and reimagine the understanding of time from a Black perspective. It functions as a reorientation of temporal frameworks to challenge oppressive systems. The project serves as a way to create space and agency for Black individuals to define their own timelines and narratives. This initiative actively resists linear, Eurocentric notions of time.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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{ + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + 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It aims to optimize various aspects of well-being through rigorous tracking and adherence to a predefined plan. Individuals following the protocol often report a sense of liberation from daily decision-making, though it requires significant commitment and may not be suitable for everyone. The overarching goal is to improve health outcomes by minimizing variability and promoting consistency.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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Eve's plan is to meticulously reconstruct all data points and interactions associated with Zoe, aiming to achieve an exact replica of his existence. The process demands an immense computational infrastructure capable of simulating the entire world, highlighting a desire to achieve a state of complete understanding and potentially, a form of resurrection. The endeavor symbolizes an attempt to encompass all of reality within a single, comprehensible framework.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/044_German Bureaucratic Prose.json b/synthetic_readings/044_German Bureaucratic Prose.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32e102f --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/044_German Bureaucratic Prose.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "German Bureaucratic Prose", + "description": "The text discusses the formalized writing styles prevalent in early modern German bureaucracy noting a deliberate use of ritualized gestures and distancing language. This style aimed to create a sense of authority and impartiality while performing administrative tasks. It involved careful adherence to pre-determined formats and a reliance on standardized phrases and sentence structures. The goal was to create a record of actions that was both comprehensive and seemingly objective embodying a specific form of institutional communication. Weber describes a modern form of organization where protocols are central to establishing a persona of objectivity and impersonality. These protocols involve formalized written procedures and documentation intended to replace personal rule with a system based on rational-legal administration. The aim is to create a consistent and predictable system", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content 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experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/045_Calendar Invite and Alarm System.json b/synthetic_readings/045_Calendar Invite and Alarm System.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..476f8a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/045_Calendar Invite and Alarm System.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Calendar Invite and Alarm System", + "description": "Modern individuals leverage digital calendars, automated alarms, and notification systems to maintain a structured schedule and track commitments. This system enables a degree of temporal coordination across a vast network and minimizes cognitive load associated with scheduling. It\u2019s a complex web of automated reminders and digital synchronization, fostering predictability in a complex work and social life. The protocols reinforce a culture of punctuality and adherence to schedules, and provide a degree of control over one's use of time.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/046_Canary Use for Gas Detection.json b/synthetic_readings/046_Canary Use for Gas Detection.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f3e1dd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/046_Canary Use for Gas Detection.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Canary Use for Gas Detection", + "description": "Early miners employed canaries to detect afterdamp and stinkdamp, providing an early warning system for dangerous gas mixtures. Birds' physiological responses to these gases would be observed before humans would exhibit symptoms. This utilized the differing sensitivities of avian and human systems to alert miners to unseen threats.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/047_Canonical Bridge Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/047_Canonical Bridge Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5152513 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/047_Canonical Bridge Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Canonical Bridge Protocols", + "description": "These protocols aim to establish trustless connections between different blockchain networks, allowing for the secure transfer of assets and data. They utilize cryptographic techniques and decentralized mechanisms to verify transactions and prevent fraud. The goal is to enable seamless interoperability between different blockchains and expand the possibilities for decentralized applications. The protocol emphasizes secure data and asset transfer between blockchains, and reducing the central points of failure.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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This protocol establishes boundaries for market activity, providing a framework for price discovery and order execution. Trading hours contribute to market stability and allow for orderly settlements, but trading outside these hours typically requires specific permissions and conditions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/049_Carriage Dispute Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/049_Carriage Dispute Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72dc4ae --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/049_Carriage Dispute Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Carriage Dispute Protocol", + "description": "A specific example, the 'Carriage Dispute Protocol' of 1661, illustrates a historical instance where formalized etiquette became a source of conflict. It involved a disagreement between Spain and France concerning precedence in a procession, escalating to armed confrontation among followers. 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This system, common in the 20th century, involved meticulous record-keeping and adherence to hierarchical rules, reflecting the importance of maintaining a rigid structure in diplomatic relations. These ceremonies were responsible for issuing documents, maintaining rank, and formal correspondence. It was a standardized method for managing the complexities of international communication.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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Such disciplinary actions are frequently passed down through generations without critical examination of their effectiveness or potential harm. This approach represents a structured way to maintain order and reinforce expectations within a family unit. 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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They differ from standardized medical protocols that might be imposed from outside, emphasizing the importance of cultural context and traditional knowledge. These practices value the lived experiences and wisdom of local midwives and mothers, acknowledging the profound cultural significance of birth. Defending these practices stands in opposition to solely globalized medical intervention.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/054_Choose Your Own Adventure Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/054_Choose Your Own Adventure Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c353243 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/054_Choose Your Own Adventure Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Choose Your Own Adventure Protocol", + "description": "This protocol dictates a non-linear narrative structure where readers actively shape the story\u2019s progression through a series of decisions. The reader is presented with choices at key narrative points, and their selection dictates the subsequent storyline and eventual conclusion. This allows for multiple possible outcomes and provides a level of interactivity not typically found in traditional linear narratives, creating a personalized storytelling experience.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be 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These narratives chronicled experiences of suffering, loss, and devastation, providing insights into the impact of war on individuals and communities, with personal reflections regarding the spiritual dimensions of this trauma. They serve as a less structured means of exploring the intersections between personal experiences and broader historical and spiritual contexts.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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It involved correlating ship time with the reference time at Greenwich Observatory, allowing for accurate determination of longitude and enabling explorers to chart courses and establish locations. The protocol\u2019s adoption facilitated expanded trade routes, naval power projection, and the extraction of resources from distant lands. This standardized process served as a technical basis for the advancement of colonialism.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/060_Climate Treaties.json b/synthetic_readings/060_Climate Treaties.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..263bc6f --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/060_Climate Treaties.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Climate Treaties", + "description": "International agreements aimed at addressing climate change, involving commitments from various nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. Protocols within these treaties often outline specific targets, reporting mechanisms, and financial contributions, designed to ensure accountability and progress towards shared goals. The adherence and effective implementation of these agreements depend on the political will of participating nations and the establishment of robust verification procedures. The development of these treaties mirrors evolving scientific understanding and growing awareness of the global impact of climate change.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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It combines theoretical physics with observational data to understand cloud behavior and climate processes. The protocols involved encompass techniques for assessing temperature, humidity, and other factors. Furthermore, it\u2019s suggested that these protocols could be adapted to achieve a deeper understanding of climate change by shifting from spatial to temperature-based coordination.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/062_Coal Dust Mitigation.json b/synthetic_readings/062_Coal Dust Mitigation.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e256f2d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/062_Coal Dust Mitigation.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Coal Dust Mitigation", + "description": "As coal production rates increased, a significant concern emerged regarding the saturation of mine air with flammable coal dust and hazardous silica. This posed explosion and respiratory illness risks. 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/065_Column Chromatography.json b/synthetic_readings/065_Column Chromatography.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74a5463 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/065_Column Chromatography.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Column Chromatography", + "description": "Column chromatography is a technique used to separate mixtures of compounds based on their differing affinities for a stationary phase and a mobile phase. It's employed to isolate specific molecules from complex mixtures, relying on the interaction of components with a column packed with a material that selectively binds certain substances. This process, often used in scientific research, is crucial for purification and analysis. In the context of the text, it's adapted for DIY hormone extraction, replacing costly commercial supplies with accessible alternatives.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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It involves transmitting instructions and then incorporating new information to adapt those instructions, fostering adaptability and effective execution. This model views acts of war as information technology feedback loops and highlights the importance of responsiveness and situational awareness. Effective command and control ensures synchronized actions and optimizes the impact of military operations.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/067_Commemorative Coin Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/067_Commemorative Coin Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..94faaa3 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/067_Commemorative Coin Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Commemorative Coin Protocol", + "description": "The commemorative coin's design reflects a performance of accessibility to the French monarchy under Louis XIV, portraying the king as approachable and open to subjects of all ranks. This visually communicated a specific protocol of royal interaction, contrasting with the idea of a distant or tyrannical ruler who isolates themselves from the populace. The coin\u2019s imagery was designed to foster an impression of easy access, highlighting a public performance of the king\u2019s supposed openness to petitioners and concerns. The protocol served as a form of propaganda, reinforcing the image of a benevolent and accessible monarch.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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These protocols dictated how information was transmitted, interpreted, and acted upon between opposing nations, establishing channels for negotiation and de-escalation. Deviations from these protocols, whether intentional or accidental, carried significant risks, potentially leading to misunderstandings and escalations. 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/073_Conciliatory Chairman Intervention Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/073_Conciliatory Chairman Intervention Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1769723 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/073_Conciliatory Chairman Intervention Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Conciliatory Chairman Intervention Protocol", + "description": "In moments of heightened tension or unproductive back-and-forth between participants, a neutral chairman will intervene to de-escalate the situation, redirect the conversation, and maintain order. This involves acknowledging the disagreement, briefly summarizing the current impasse, and then suggesting a path forward \u2013 often involving a time constraint or refocus on the immediate task. The intervention serves to facilitate progress and prevent the conversation from spiraling into unproductive conflict. The chairman\u2019s actions demonstrate a commitment to impartiality and a desire to keep the meeting on track.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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These standards are frequently contested and evolve as platforms grapple with issues of free speech, misinformation, and harmful content. The collaborative nature of these standards demonstrates an attempt to establish norms beyond legal or governmental oversight.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/075_Cooking Practices.json b/synthetic_readings/075_Cooking Practices.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..abcbf9a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/075_Cooking Practices.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Cooking Practices", + "description": "This method of learning to cook focuses on direct observation and tactile engagement with ingredients and processes, rather than following written recipes. Children learn by watching and participating in the actions of experienced cooks, gaining a deep understanding of seasonality and local ingredients. These practices emphasize sensory awareness and building a relationship with food, reflecting a holistic approach to cooking that goes beyond simply following instructions. 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This entails recognizing shared traits and incorporating aspects of collective processes into scientific analysis, rather than treating variables as independent entities. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/078_Corporate Contracts.json b/synthetic_readings/078_Corporate Contracts.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e628659 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/078_Corporate Contracts.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Corporate Contracts", + "description": "Formal agreements that govern the relationships between businesses and their stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, and customers. These contracts establish clear expectations, responsibilities, and liabilities, providing a framework for predictable and reliable business operations. By adhering to standardized legal principles, these contracts enable complex transactions and support economic growth. They represent a formalized structure essential to modern commerce.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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{ + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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Corridors align doors and offices in relation to each other, creating standardized routes and streamlining movement. This design element aimed to increase efficiency and potentially create more egalitarian social interactions, diminishing the importance of physical distance between rooms and offices.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/081_Cover Letter (Early Credit Agreements).json b/synthetic_readings/081_Cover Letter (Early Credit Agreements).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c45fe69 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/081_Cover Letter (Early Credit Agreements).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Cover Letter (Early Credit Agreements)", + "description": "Merchants previously extended credit using handwritten notes known as 'cover letters,' where customers pledged to pay a specified amount by a set date. These letters functioned as informal IOU's, fostering trust between merchant and customer. They laid the groundwork for more standardized credit practices, as a formalized agreement. This practice highlights an earlier iteration of credit management, before the advent of formalized credit systems and banking institutions. The acceptance of these cover letters created a nascent credit system based on trust and reputation within the community. This system gradually evolved into more formal credit agreements, ultimately laying the groundwork for modern credit card practices.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/082_COVID-19 Mask Mandate Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/082_COVID-19 Mask Mandate Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adb5177 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/082_COVID-19 Mask Mandate Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "COVID-19 Mask Mandate Protocols", + "description": "Mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic established a social protocol for protecting public health. These protocols dictated the consistent wearing of masks in public settings to mitigate the spread of the virus. Mask protocols raised questions regarding personal freedom and the collective responsibility to protect vulnerable populations. These protocols shifted social norms and altered routines across many segments of society.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/083_COVID-19 Pandemic Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/083_COVID-19 Pandemic Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0714583 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/083_COVID-19 Pandemic Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "COVID-19 Pandemic Protocols", + "description": "The COVID-19 pandemic prompted widespread adoption of protocols designed to mitigate the spread of the virus, resulting in a new normal characterized by significant change. These protocols included mask mandates, social distancing guidelines, and restrictions on gatherings, impacting social, economic, and political systems globally. The effectiveness and longevity of these measures became points of contention, revealing underlying tensions related to individual liberties and collective responsibility. This resulted in a complicated interplay between public safety, freedom of choice, and the impact of these protocols on the societal fabric.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": 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These included measures such as social distancing, mandatory mask-wearing, and frequent handwashing, designed to minimize transmission through close contact. Initially disruptive, these regulations became ingrained in daily routines and underscored the adaptability of social norms in the face of crisis. The effectiveness and perceived intrusiveness of these protocols sparked debates about individual liberties and collective responsibility.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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This system of exchange facilitated trade and supported economic activity in regions distant from their origin. The recurring use of the shells established a predictable pattern of interaction, creating a stable and widely accepted medium of exchange. Furthermore, their dual role as both currency and symbolic objects highlights the complex interplay between economic and cultural values.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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This protocol defines roles, establishes communication channels, and outlines procedures for assessing damage, providing assistance, and restoring normalcy. It provides a structured approach to managing unexpected events, ensuring coordinated action and minimizing disruption. 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The text views open publishing as a double-edged sword, generating widespread information but also contributing to the challenge of managing a deluge of data and claims. It has ironically resulted in what the text calls a bench of untapped talent, as freely available research inspires new ideas but lacks a structured means for assessment. 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These protocols involved structured channels for transmitting information, procedures for verifying data, and guidelines for crafting diplomatic responses. By adhering to these protocols, nations sought to convey stability and reassure each other during periods of high alert, even when underlying disagreements persisted. 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It dictates the physical structure, power requirements, and communication methods for these satellites, promoting modularity and reducing development costs. This standardization has been critical in democratizing access to space, allowing smaller organizations and educational institutions to participate in space-based research and development. 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"abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/092_Currency Ledgers.json b/synthetic_readings/092_Currency Ledgers.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc6ed99 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/092_Currency Ledgers.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Currency Ledgers", + "description": "These represent the formalized systems that track and validate the movement of digital or physical currency, ensuring the integrity and authenticity of transactions. They often involve cryptographic techniques, distributed consensus mechanisms, and regulatory frameworks, which are essential for maintaining trust and security within the financial ecosystem. These ledgers are fundamental for economic activity, providing a shared record of financial interactions and enabling seamless payments across borders.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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Users could create lengthy biographies, signal niche interests, and prioritize matching based on shared values and personality traits rather than solely physical attractiveness. This fostered a system where users searched based on deeper compatibility criteria and engaged in potentially longer interactions. The approach resulted in a more deliberate process designed for finding meaningful connections rather than rapid-fire matching.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/094_De umbrias ideareum (Bruno’s Memory Seals).json b/synthetic_readings/094_De umbrias ideareum (Bruno’s Memory Seals).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c40c8b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/094_De umbrias ideareum (Bruno’s Memory Seals).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "De umbrias ideareum (Bruno\u2019s Memory Seals)", + "description": "Giordano Bruno\u2019s *De umbrias ideareum*, or *On the Shadows of Ideas*, outlines a methodology for accessing and organizing profound insights through abstract diagrams and symbolic representations. Bruno employed a system of memory seals, intricate visual patterns designed to trigger associations and expand understanding. The protocol demands a deliberate process of contemplation and internalization of the symbolic language. This involved turning memory wheels and internalizing the relationships they conveyed.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/095_Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Governance Voting Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/095_Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Governance Voting Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f9c944 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/095_Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Governance Voting Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Governance Voting Protocol", + "description": "DAOs often use token-based voting to make collective decisions and allocate resources, enabling community participation in governance. This protocol establishes a system where token holders can propose and vote on proposals, such as funding initiatives or amending rules. The implementation relies on smart contracts and blockchain technology to ensure transparency and immutability, however, DAO governance protocols are vulnerable to hostile takeovers and treasury raids.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, 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"crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/096_Decision-Making Process in Case of Disagreement.json b/synthetic_readings/096_Decision-Making Process in Case of Disagreement.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8abeaec --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/096_Decision-Making Process in Case of Disagreement.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Decision-Making Process in Case of Disagreement", + "description": "When ministerial conferences failed to reach a consensus, the emperor would often intervene to resolve the conflict, typically favoring the vote of the interior minister. This protocol demonstrated the emperor's role as a mediator and arbiter in situations where disagreements among ministers could not be resolved through standard negotiation procedures. The emperor often sought to bring a conflict to resolution.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at 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"term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/097_Decision-Making via Vote.json b/synthetic_readings/097_Decision-Making via Vote.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9664634 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/097_Decision-Making via Vote.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Decision-Making via Vote", + "description": "Proposed actions are evaluated through a formal vote among designated individuals. The vote tally determines the outcome, signifying a consensus-based decision-making process. 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Issues were discussed and debated, with outcomes meticulously documented in minutes. This formalized approach aimed to ensure consistency and accountability in governmental actions, showing a systematic method in official dealings.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/099_Deep Fake Generation Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/099_Deep Fake Generation Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e92e97 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/099_Deep Fake Generation Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Deep Fake Generation Protocols", + "description": "An emerging pattern of interaction around the manipulation of digital media using techniques like machine learning and cryptography. These protocols allow for the creation of fabricated images or videos that can be difficult to distinguish from reality. This shows a dangerous new application of existing technologies and implies an emerging need for new verification methods and patterns of interaction.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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This approach goes beyond surface-level observation, encouraging a sense of empathy and a willingness to understand the perspectives and motivations driving artistic creation. In essence, deep listening is a form of engagement that transcends mere recognition and leads to a fuller appreciation of the creative process.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/102_Department Council Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/102_Department Council Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a48ffef --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/102_Department Council Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Department Council Protocols", + "description": "As part of the University Act's reform, departmental councils were in place to facilitate conversations and debate amongst professors and institute members. However, as discussed, the University Act's reorganization undermined such council\u2019s ability to make meaningful decisions as a centralized administration took over. Those in place experienced a disconnect between the councils and central decision-making processes.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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These protocols frequently included the consistent wearing of bandanas, contributing to a distinctive and mysterious visual aesthetic. The bandanas serve as a symbolic representation of the collective identity and a connection to the roots of the musical genre. The consistent use of this symbol demonstrates a shared aesthetic and a demonstration of solidarity among performers.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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Focused on meticulous documentation of inner states, they aimed to identify patterns, gain self-understanding, and uncover hidden aspects of the self. These diaries represented a systematic approach to self-exploration, documenting the continuous, sometimes agonizing search for signs of spiritual well-being.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/105_Diaries (Puritan & Pietist).json b/synthetic_readings/105_Diaries (Puritan & Pietist).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dffc939 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/105_Diaries (Puritan & Pietist).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Diaries (Puritan & Pietist)", + "description": "These personal journals represented a pattern of self-reflection and documentation of religious experiences, primarily employed by Puritan and Pietist individuals. They involved regularly recording one's thoughts, feelings, and interactions with the divine, often serving as a means of discerning God's will and identifying spiritual progress. The practice highlights a continual search for signs of divine grace and an unwavering commitment to self-examination, rather than a structured system of quantifiable goals. The diaries represent a less formalized method of spiritual documentation compared to the structured Sin Protocol.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/106_Difficulty Bomb (Ethereum).json b/synthetic_readings/106_Difficulty Bomb (Ethereum).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3630fab --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/106_Difficulty Bomb (Ethereum).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Difficulty Bomb (Ethereum)", + "description": "The Difficulty Bomb was a feature initially incorporated into the Ethereum protocol that exponentially increased the difficulty of mining blocks using the Proof of Work system. Designed to force a transition to Proof of Stake, it made mining unsustainable over time, creating pressure for miners to upgrade their systems. Its implementation involved repeated postponements and adjustments, providing a unique opportunity to renegotiate mining rewards and explore protocol updates. The bomb's evolution highlights the complex interplay of technical considerations and community governance in blockchain development.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/107_Dinner Etiquette.json b/synthetic_readings/107_Dinner Etiquette.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbada5f --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/107_Dinner Etiquette.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Dinner Etiquette", + "description": "A set of codified behaviors governing dining practices, dictating everything from utensil usage and seating arrangements to conversation topics and pace of eating. Originating from aristocratic customs, it's evolved into a complex system designed to demonstrate refinement and social grace. While less rigidly enforced now, adherence to basic dinner etiquette remains a sign of consideration and respect for one's companions and the host. Variations exist across cultures, reflecting differences in traditions and values.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/108_Diplomatic Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/108_Diplomatic Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9bea727 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/108_Diplomatic Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Diplomatic Protocol", + "description": "The text frequently references diplomatic protocol, which it defines as the established rules and conventions governing interactions between diplomats and nations. These protocols dictate behaviors, addresses, and procedures to ensure smooth and formal engagements. Disruptions to these established patterns can reflect tension, or create opportunity for adaptation and learning within the system. Adherence to these guidelines is essential for maintaining decorum and facilitating international relations, yet protocols remain susceptible to shifts in political landscapes.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be 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"abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against 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"term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/109_Discernment of Spirits.json b/synthetic_readings/109_Discernment of Spirits.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..00fd720 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/109_Discernment of Spirits.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Discernment of Spirits", + "description": "The Ignatian method for distinguishing between spiritual guidance and malicious influence was a crucial aspect of the Spiritual Exercises. Practitioners would evaluate their thoughts and inclinations to determine whether they arose from genuine spiritual movement or the influence of an 'evil spirit,' requiring a continuous assessment of one's inner state. This process extended beyond simple sin recording and served as a method for making decisions and evaluating one's intentions. It integrated with the Sin Protocol, providing context and guidance for interpreting the patterns identified.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by 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This involves substituting costly reagents and equipment with readily available, less specialized materials, making the process more accessible to a wider range of individuals. This approach democratizes scientific processes, encouraging public engagement and critical examination of established research practices. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/115_DNS.json b/synthetic_readings/115_DNS.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c963f3e --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/115_DNS.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "DNS", + "description": "The Domain Name System operates as a hierarchical directory that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses, allowing users to access online resources. It acts as a crucial intermediary in internet communication, essential for resolving addresses and connecting users to specific servers. While enhancing user experience, DNS also introduces a point of centralization and potential control, enabling traffic redirection, censorship, and data logging. The structure of DNS provides a framework for assigning and managing online identities and resources, with significant implications for internet governance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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It is entirely decentralized and reliant on participants tracking their progress through manual records, creating a shared illusion of a functioning economy. Participants invent local currencies and item exchanges as a form of participatory gameplay, and demonstrate an ability to create unique community rules. The 'rules' can shift as participants interpret and adjust their behaviour within the system.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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This involved careful attention to rhythm, texture, and instrumentation\u2014manipulating sounds to conjure a sense of submerged life and futuristic technology. Their albums acted as portals into their world, with each track contributing to the overarching narrative\u2014a deliberate act of sonic world-building to explore themes of identity, alienation, and resilience.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in 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These practices are often intertwined with cultural beliefs and traditions, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the environment. These protocols contrast with standardized scientific approaches that may overlook the nuances of local ecological systems and traditional management techniques. 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Chief Prosecutor Gideon Hausner and Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orchestrated the proceedings, which sparked controversy due to accusations of politicization and a focus on Jewish victimhood. The presiding judge, Moshe Landau, emphasized restraint and impartiality, advocating for the severing of ties with public attention and minimizing emotional expression. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/123_EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal).json b/synthetic_readings/123_EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fcda1a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/123_EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal)", + "description": "These are proposals for improvements to the Ethereum network, following a standardized process for discussion, review, and implementation. It\u2019s a formalized protocol for suggesting and implementing changes to the Ethereum blockchain, ensuring that all changes are carefully considered and widely accepted. Following the EIP process ensures consistency and avoids sudden, destabilizing changes.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + 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This practice stemmed from the need to prevent influencing voting in later time zones where information traveled more slowly. It ensured that voters on the west coast were not influenced by results from the east coast. While not a legally enforced rule, this convention acted as a form of institutional hardness regarding election integrity.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + 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These buttons create a symbolic representation of floors, similar to how website URLs don\u2019t reflect server locations. 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] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, 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"shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/126_Email Services.json b/synthetic_readings/126_Email Services.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38d0367 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/126_Email Services.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Email Services", + "description": "Email services, while theoretically open and accessible to all, have experienced a concentration of power over time, with a few dominant providers controlling a large share of the market. This has resulted in a decline in the decentralized nature of the early internet, as the complexities of running a server and maintaining compatibility have created barriers to entry for smaller players. The protocol itself remains relatively unchanged, but its practical implementation has become increasingly centralized and subject to the policies of a few large corporations, impacting user privacy and control. This illustrates how seemingly open protocols can evolve into systems with significant power imbalances.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/127_Embossing Protocol (BankAmericard).json b/synthetic_readings/127_Embossing Protocol (BankAmericard).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7f8f1c --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/127_Embossing Protocol (BankAmericard).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Embossing Protocol (BankAmericard)", + "description": "The distribution of BankAmericard cards utilized a Databosser machine, an innovative technology that embossed customer data onto the plastic cards via pre-punched IBM cards. This automated process enabled rapid production of personalized cards at scale, supporting the mass mailing initiative. The machine's capability to efficiently transfer information from punched cards to physical cards proved crucial for the bank\u2019s large-scale credit card program. This process represented a technological advancement in card personalization and distribution.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/128_Ennoblement Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/128_Ennoblement Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b02128 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/128_Ennoblement Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Ennoblement Protocols", + "description": "The process for conferring titles of nobility involved strict assessments and recommendations forwarded to the emperor, maintaining a delicate balance between recognizing merit and upholding the dignity of the honor. This protocol incorporated a level of due diligence to protect the nobility designation. These protections highlight the importance of upholding standards for these designations.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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They require shifts in policy and practice to ensure equitable access to clean air, water, and land, and to address the root causes of systemic inequality. Activists advocate for community participation in decision-making processes and legal challenges to polluting industries, demanding accountability for environmental harms and prioritizing the health and well-being of affected populations.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that 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"set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": 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These gatherings typically involve symbolic actions like sunset ceremonies, sharing personal accounts, and creating collective altars. The actions are designed to create a sense of community and solidarity. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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These networks, such as the XR Affinity All-Afrikan Network (XRAAN), the XR Affinity Network of Asia (XRANA), and the XR Affinity Network of South Abya Yala (XRRAAYS), operate based on mutual solidarity, rather than prescriptive instructions. They aim to create space for established rebellions to share expertise and experiences, adapting global tactics to regional contexts while prioritizing local leadership and self-determination. 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This involves meticulously correcting past errors, presenting arguments with careful precision, and ultimately demonstrating competence in a specific domain. The strategy can include subtle signaling of composure and expertise, effectively mitigating the impact of the initial setback and regaining a position of respect. 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It involves complex algorithms that prioritize content based on user engagement and relationships, creating echo chambers and filter bubbles. The protocol shapes communication styles and expectations, promoting a constant stream of updates and visual storytelling. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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This often involved a preliminary assessment, a formal lecture documenting the request, and potentially a prior selection process to prioritize submissions. The process aimed to ensure the emperor received vetted information and reflected a balance between individual pleas and bureaucratic oversight.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/145_Flux Divergence.json b/synthetic_readings/145_Flux Divergence.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2838b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/145_Flux Divergence.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Flux Divergence", + "description": "This concept, used within atmospheric science, refers to the measure of how air or moisture is moving in a region. It's a mathematical process used to describe the movement of fluids and the distribution of heat in a given area. Analyzing flux divergence helps scientists understand weather patterns and climate processes. The text highlights that the practice of analyzing divergence can be metaphorically applied to broader social dynamics, echoing individual experience. This concept from cloud science is described as a way of measuring cloud properties and, metaphorically, understanding individual experiences and emotions. The text presents it as a protocol for understanding collective phenomena by analyzing the complex interplay of individual components. It symbolizes a pattern of interaction that transcends simple observation, necessitating a deeper understanding of underlying forces and shared characteristics. Viewing these interactions through 'flux divergence' can illuminate hidden patterns and reveal how seemingly chaotic elements contribute to larger systems.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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It emphasizes the conversion of urban spaces, including lawns and rooftops, into agricultural plots, with a focus on establishing a diverse range of crops to ensure nutritional needs are met. Distribution typically occurs through annual neighborhood festivals, fostering community engagement and collaborative decision-making about crops and resource allocation. 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These forms guided the presentation of information and dictated the process of approval, creating a predictable and controlled flow of decisions. 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It goes beyond treating symptoms and focuses on addressing underlying conditions like poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to resources. 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It posits that spatial and social boundaries are flexible and contextual, allowing for a unique blend of intimacy and formality. This shared awareness impacts behaviors, challenging conventional distinctions between public and private, long-term and fleeting relationships, and shaping how people engage in shared experiences. 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/155_Greenwich Mean Time.json b/synthetic_readings/155_Greenwich Mean Time.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c27a369 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/155_Greenwich Mean Time.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Greenwich Mean Time", + "description": "This temporal system, historically tied to colonial power structures, serves as a foundational reference point for global timekeeping. The text critiques its imposition and inherent biases, suggesting it represents a 'broken system' linked to white supremacy and the legacy of colonization. It's presented as a metric that needs to be navigated, much like ancestors navigated by the stars to escape bondage. The conference and discussion aim to move beyond its constraints and explore alternative temporal frameworks. The establishment and global adoption of GMT involved a complex interplay of maritime navigation, railway coordination, and international agreements. Initially utilized by British mariners for longitudinal positioning, GMT subsequently became critical for railway scheduling and eventually was formalized as the prime meridian through international conferences. This pattern demonstrates how a technical system initially driven by a specific need can evolve into a universal standard shaping global coordination. The spread of GMT underscored the interconnectedness of different sectors and geographical regions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/156_Grid-Based Urban Planning.json b/synthetic_readings/156_Grid-Based Urban Planning.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2766a67 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/156_Grid-Based Urban Planning.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Grid-Based Urban Planning", + "description": "The adoption of grid-based urban planning in the 19th century signified a shift from static urban design towards dynamic, process-oriented cities. This approach facilitates the movement of people and goods through a structured network, fostering interaction and commerce. The consistent pattern allows for predictable routes and efficient resource allocation. The organization facilitates a continuous flow and active engagement within the urban setting. The implementation of a grid system for urban planning, as exemplified by the prevalence of the street grid, represents a coordinated approach to organizing urban space. This protocol relies on regular, perpendicular streets to create a structured layout that is easily navigable and facilitates a consistent distribution of resources. The grid structure allows for predictable development and the ability to map and comprehend the urban environment in a systemic, coordinate-based manner.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol 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"term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external 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"term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/157_Gynepunk.json b/synthetic_readings/157_Gynepunk.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff82714 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/157_Gynepunk.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Gynepunk", + "description": "A particular type of artistic practice and theoretical approach, which challenges traditional notions of gender, technology, and power. This perspective advocates for the democratization of scientific inquiry and often utilizes DIY techniques to reclaim agency over bodies and environments. Its presence in the collaboration shapes the ethos of Open Source Estrogen.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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{ + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/158_Halal and Gluten-Free Food Options.json b/synthetic_readings/158_Halal and Gluten-Free Food Options.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c9949d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/158_Halal and Gluten-Free Food Options.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Halal and Gluten-Free Food Options", + "description": "Offering Halal and gluten-free food options at events is a protocol to accommodate diverse dietary needs and religious observances. It demonstrates consideration for inclusivity and attempts to create an environment where all participants feel comfortable and respected. This practice attempts to mitigate the barriers to access related to potential food sensitivities. The community arts organization\u2019s practice of providing Halal and gluten-free food options signals a commitment to dietary inclusivity and recognition of diverse religious and medical needs. This protocol moves beyond generic catering choices, demonstrating an awareness of specific dietary restrictions that can impact participation. By offering these options, the organization seeks to remove potential barriers and ensure that all individuals can comfortably engage in events, promoting a more welcoming and equitable environment.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + 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"crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/159_Handshake.json b/synthetic_readings/159_Handshake.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b8da60 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/159_Handshake.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Handshake", + "description": "A common, often unconscious, protocol involving a brief physical greeting, typically involving a clasping of hands. It serves as a signal of acknowledgement, respect, or agreement between individuals, frequently preceding or accompanying verbal communication. The specific form and significance of a handshake can vary across cultures, indicating differences in social customs and etiquette. Historically, handshakes were used to demonstrate the absence of weapons, signifying peaceful intent. This common greeting involves a physical interaction between two individuals, signifying agreement, collaboration, or respect. Rooted in historical practices to demonstrate a lack of weaponry, it serves as a nonverbal indicator of positive intentions. In formal settings and professional interactions, it is used to establish rapport and reinforce social norms. While often taken for granted, handshakes serve to reduce suspicion and create a sense of shared understanding.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by 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These protocols aim to hold rulers, states, and individuals accountable to principles of justice, fairness, and dignity. However, the effectiveness of Human Rights Protocols has been challenged by the selective application and disregard by powerful nations, and the perception that they are often selectively enforced based on geopolitical interests, rendering them vulnerable to manipulation and undermining their legitimacy.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to 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+ "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by 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As the incense burned, the trail either narrowed or widened, representing the progression of *yin* or *yang* hours respectively, and signaling different activities appropriate for the time. The protocol provided a personalized and aromatic method for tracking time, drawing a link between time intervals and changes in perception and aligning experience with guiding principles of Chinese philosophy. Users would light the end and let the incense dictate their schedule, subtly guiding daily routine.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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The broader concept, however, suggests a system where information is accessed and explored dynamically, reflecting a web of interconnected ideas rather than a fixed narrative.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": 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Users consult the I Ching by posing a question and receiving a response determined by tossing coins or yarrow stalks. It's a process of exploring different possibilities and interpreting responses to navigate life's challenges.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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While not explicitly detailed, it's implied that interactions were governed by formality and established routines. This framework likely controlled the flow of information and ensured respect for imperial authority, and were integral to maintaining the imperial image.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/173_Incense Clock Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/173_Incense Clock Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..723e026 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/173_Incense Clock Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Incense Clock Protocol", + "description": "Incense clocks, popular in China, used a maze-like incense trail to mark time, burning down in a carefully designed pattern. Different scents of incense could be placed at various points of the trail, adding a sensory element to the temporal experience. The protocol was culturally significant, aligning time with aesthetics and associating intervals with olfactory sensations, and often linked time with principles of yin and yang. It served as an accessible, inexpensive alternative to mechanical clocks and demonstrates a method of marking time that engages multiple senses.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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This tactic aims to discredit the protest, sow distrust among participants, and distract attention from the genuine grievances. It highlights the government's strategies for manipulating public perception and suppressing dissent through disinformation and propaganda. This tactic aims to fracture the unity of the swarm.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + 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"technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at 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These practices minimize the risk of infection and adverse reactions and include steps to ensure the individual\u2019s comfort and safety throughout the procedure. Training and adherence to best practices are crucial in injection protocols to avoid complications and maintain the individual's health. Specialized protocols are often adapted for populations experiencing homelessness, facing addiction, or lacking access to conventional healthcare.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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It formalized a system where all time zones would be based on Greenwich Mean Time, effectively positioning Britain at the center of a global timekeeping system. Despite some initial resistance and slow adoption, the conference resulted in a unified approach to time measurement, though it also perpetuated notions of Western dominance. The process highlighted the complexities of international collaboration and the political undertones associated with establishing global standards.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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The sentry would wedge the cord between their toes and light it before going to sleep; the burning of the cord would serve as a wake-up call. The protocol was a simple and effective solution for ensuring alertness in a critical role, and it demonstrated an ingenious use of readily available materials for a vital function. 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Their music focused on precision, mechanical processes, and the exploration of human interaction with technology. This minimalist approach extended to their stage performances and album artwork, intentionally stripping away any extraneous elements to create a distinctively futuristic and detached aesthetic.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + 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These practices involved deliberate choices about the use of language in public institutions, education, and communication to shape national identity. Language-based policies functioned as a vehicle to both promote unity and assert dominance. 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"term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/192_League of Nations.json b/synthetic_readings/192_League of Nations.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80662a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/192_League of Nations.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "League of Nations", + "description": "The League of Nations represents a historical protocol aimed at establishing international cooperation and preventing future wars. It operated under a set of formalized rules, procedures for diplomacy, and mechanisms for resolving disputes among member states. Though ambitious in its goals, the League ultimately failed to address escalating tensions and ultimately dissolved, providing a case study in the limitations of international protocols during times of significant geopolitical stress. Its failure highlights the vulnerabilities that can impact even well-intentioned frameworks for governance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/193_Legal Protocol (General).json b/synthetic_readings/193_Legal Protocol (General).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7fa4ec3 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/193_Legal Protocol (General).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Legal Protocol (General)", + "description": "The repeated discussion of the Eichmann trial showcases a broader legal protocol, encompassing rules of evidence, courtroom procedures, and judicial processes. These interactions dictate the roles of lawyers, judges, witnesses, and defendants within a framework designed to determine guilt or innocence. The formality and structure of a legal protocol intend to guarantee fairness and impartiality, shaping the conduct and expectations of all involved parties. Though subject to interpretation, these protocols guide the process of delivering justice and ensuring accountability.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/194_Lemon Balm Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/194_Lemon Balm Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d273e7e --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/194_Lemon Balm Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Lemon Balm Protocol", + "description": "This protocol, presented by Asia Dorsey, leverages the sensory and emotional grounding properties of lemon balm to foster liberation and reclaim narratives lost through temporal disequilibria and ancestral debility. Participants engage with the herb through various sensory experiences like aromatherapy, ingestion and external application. The protocol encourages individuals to connect with their bodies and access memories, fostering emotional resilience and ancestral healing. Participants ultimately engage with strategies to manage personal trauma and move forward. Herbalist Asia Dorsey proposed a method for emotional and sensory grounding rooted in the reclamation of Black narratives lost through temporal disequilibria. This practice involves the use of lemon balm to anchor oneself in the present moment, creating a buffer against the stressors of generational trauma and systemic oppression. It's a form of self-care and ancestral connection designed to promote healing and resilience within the Black community. This protocol encourages reclaiming agency and fostering a sense of stability in a world marked by historical injustices.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/195_Lenin's Revolutionary Organization Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/195_Lenin's Revolutionary Organization Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95cfdaf --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/195_Lenin's Revolutionary Organization Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Lenin's Revolutionary Organization Protocol", + "description": "This protocol outlines a strategy for revolutionary action emphasizing constant observation and readiness to exploit opportunities. It involves dedicated revolutionaries inserting themselves into observed systems to identify vulnerabilities and act decisively. This approach prioritizes immediate action and aims to surpass traditional methods by leveraging suddenness and seizing control when possibilities arise. The protocol encourages revolutionary professionals to maintain a covert presence, waiting for moments to strike, while simultaneously meticulously documenting observations and strategic opportunities. This system prioritizes energetic decision-making over structured processes and aims to disrupt established norms.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": null, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/196_Lift and Transfer Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/196_Lift and Transfer Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed7b136 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/196_Lift and Transfer Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Lift and Transfer Protocol", + "description": "This is a formalized procedure often used in health and social care settings to assist individuals with mobility challenges. It dictates how one or more people can safely move someone, often between surfaces like a chair and a bed. The protocol typically focuses on the biomechanics to ensure safety for all involved but conventionally addresses only the person lifting, rather than both individuals involved. Its unidirectional nature overlooks the reciprocal dynamics inherent in supportive movement and caregiving.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/197_Lift and Transfer Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/197_Lift and Transfer Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..300fb2d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/197_Lift and Transfer Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Lift and Transfer Protocol", + "description": "This refers to a formalized procedure used in health and social care settings, dictating how one or more people safely assist another person to move, often between locations like a chair and a bed. Typically, such procedures are taught with a focus on biomechanics for safety and involve distinct roles for the individuals involved. The protocol often overlooks the individual preferences of the person being moved, presenting a standardized approach rather than a personalized interaction. Critiques of this protocol center on its tendency to treat a person as a body requiring movement rather than a unique individual with their own agency and needs.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external 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"term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/198_Lingua Franca.json b/synthetic_readings/198_Lingua Franca.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1929e35 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/198_Lingua Franca.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Lingua Franca", + "description": "A lingua franca is a shared system of communication, typically a simplified version of a language, used by people with different native tongues to facilitate interaction. It operates as a bridge between diverse groups, allowing for trade, diplomacy, or shared understanding. While it might not be the preferred language for all involved, it provides a common ground for basic communication and interaction. This concept is referenced as analogous to the function of Internet protocols \u2013 establishing a common base for machines to talk.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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needs", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/199_Linux Kernel Production.json b/synthetic_readings/199_Linux Kernel Production.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16583d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/199_Linux Kernel Production.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Linux Kernel Production", + "description": "This represents the collaborative process through which the Linux kernel, a foundational component of many operating systems, is developed and maintained. It involves numerous developers contributing code, undergoing peer review, and following specific guidelines for integration. It's a distributed software development protocol characterized by openness, modularity, and continuous improvement. The established patterns and conventions are key to its continual development.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/202_Longitude Determination Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/202_Longitude Determination Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..457b5cc --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/202_Longitude Determination Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Longitude Determination Protocols", + "description": "Prior to the 18th century, sailors relied on methods like hourglasses and knotted ropes to estimate time and distance, leading to significant navigational inaccuracies and shipwrecks. The search for a reliable longitude measurement spurred intense scientific and inventive efforts across nations, with substantial rewards offered to those who could devise a solution. The creation of observatories and the development of marine chronometers represented major shifts, enabling more accurate mapping, exploration, and the assertion of imperial power. The resolution of the longitude problem ultimately facilitated colonization and significantly improved global navigation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/203_Manifest Destiny.json b/synthetic_readings/203_Manifest Destiny.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2bc7a0b --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/203_Manifest Destiny.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Manifest Destiny", + "description": "This ideology, linked to landscape painting and the expansion of colonial land claims, represents a pattern of interaction justified by the belief in a divine right to possess and control territory. It served as a rationale for displacing indigenous populations and asserting dominance over vast regions. The text suggests this protocol informed the perceived ownership of land extending into the sky, demonstrating how ideologies can shape perceptions of space and ownership. Critically examining such protocols reveals the inherent power dynamics embedded within ostensibly neutral landscapes.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/204_Mapping & Charting Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/204_Mapping & Charting Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4031a17 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/204_Mapping & Charting Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Mapping & Charting Protocols", + "description": "Historically, meticulous mapping and charting were crucial for exploration, trade, and military operations, reflecting a desire to understand and control territory. Protocols involved surveying land, measuring distances, and creating accurate depictions of coastlines and terrain. These protocols often combined scientific measurement with artistic representation and were vital for navigation and resource management. Over time, mapping technologies evolved, incorporating aerial photography, satellite imagery, and digital systems, but the core objective of accurately representing the world remained constant.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/205_Marginal Note Usage.json b/synthetic_readings/205_Marginal Note Usage.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d12017 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/205_Marginal Note Usage.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Marginal Note Usage", + "description": "Cabinet officials utilized marginal notes within the minute books to document actions and interactions that extended beyond the formally documented events. 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It encompasses both physical escape and the development of autonomous social structures, cultural practices, and systems of mutual support. This protocol involved constant vigilance and adaptability, as maroon communities faced the ongoing threat of re-enslavement, necessitating a continuous cycle of evasion and rebuilding. The spirit of marronage extends beyond physical freedom, signifying a persistent desire for self-determination and autonomy in all aspects of life.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/207_Mass Surveillance Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/207_Mass Surveillance Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14bfde6 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/207_Mass Surveillance Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Mass Surveillance Protocols", + "description": "Modern communication networks, often managed by corporations or governments, rely on protocols that enable the monitoring of user activity. These protocols, built into software and infrastructure, allow for the collection and analysis of vast amounts of data. While intended to enhance security or efficiency, they raise significant concerns about privacy and potential misuse of information. This has eroded the assumption of privacy traditionally afforded by limitations in surveillance technology.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/208_Means Without Ends.json b/synthetic_readings/208_Means Without Ends.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..455a60a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/208_Means Without Ends.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Means Without Ends", + "description": "This refers to a protocol that prioritizes ethical and access-centered practices in the face of institutional limitations. It\u2019s a process that recognizes the need for adaptation and improvisation to respond to systemic challenges, often benefiting those marginalized by traditional structures. This approach is a method of circumventing and redirecting existing institutional barriers to achieve equitable outcomes. It relies on creativity, resourcefulness, and a commitment to social justice.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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{ + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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Through their interlocking parts and accompanying instruction manuals, kits taught users how to construct machines and structures while implicitly conveying engineering conventions and design standards. These kits helped demystify mechanical principles and encourage hands-on experimentation, demonstrating how a structured set of components can effectively communicate technical knowledge. This fostered a cultural understanding of design and problem-solving.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/210_Meeting Protocol (Museum).json b/synthetic_readings/210_Meeting Protocol (Museum).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fd1626 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/210_Meeting Protocol (Museum).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Meeting Protocol (Museum)", + "description": "The initial museum interaction demonstrates a hierarchical protocol where a curator\u2019s assistant sends an email with brief notice, offering limited meeting times and implying a lack of flexibility for the invitee. This protocol prioritizes the museum's schedule and may convey a sense of urgency without acknowledging potential access barriers or individual circumstances. The implicit expectation of compliance, even with inconvenient scheduling, highlights a power dynamic where the museum dictates terms rather than collaborating on accessible arrangements. The subsequent cancellation and rescheduling further reinforces this pattern of prioritizing the museum's operational needs over the invitee's ability to engage.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/211_Meeting Scheduling.json b/synthetic_readings/211_Meeting Scheduling.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5b4c6a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/211_Meeting Scheduling.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Meeting Scheduling", + "description": "The initial email exchanges regarding meeting scheduling exemplify a protocol wherein organizers offer limited time slots, often inflexible to accommodate individual needs, particularly those with chronic health conditions and scheduled treatments like dialysis. This rigid structure prioritizes the convenience of the organization over the accessibility for potential collaborators, creating an imbalance of power and a sense of obligation. The subsequent cancellation and rescheduling also contributes to this protocol, signaling a lack of consideration for the collaborator's time and circumstances, while providing a vague explanation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/212_Memetic Culture.json b/synthetic_readings/212_Memetic Culture.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21a2bee --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/212_Memetic Culture.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Memetic Culture", + "description": "This cultural pattern involves the rapid replication and dissemination of information, often in the form of memes. It's characterized by a drive to imitate and share content, which can lead to a sense of commodification and a loss of individual expression. Participants feel compelled to follow trends and participate in shared experiences, often resulting in passive consumption and a lack of originality. While influential, it can limit deeper engagement and critical thinking.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/213_Memorization Palaces.json b/synthetic_readings/213_Memorization Palaces.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7dc2df --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/213_Memorization Palaces.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Memorization Palaces", + "description": "Are a cognitive strategy for enhancing memory through the use of familiar locations as mental frameworks for organizing and retrieving information. Individuals associate items to be remembered with specific places within the imagined location, creating a structured mental map. As information is encountered or learned, it is \u201cplaced\u201d within this palace, which then facilitates recall. This system transforms ordinary spaces into powerful mnemonic aids. The Method of Loci, or Memory Palace, is a mnemonic technique involving the mental construction of a familiar space, such as a house, where items to be remembered are placed in specific locations. By systematically navigating this mental space, individuals can retrieve the associated information in a structured manner. The protocol emphasizes spatial organization and visualization, transforming abstract concepts into memorable and easily accessible anchors. This technique is particularly effective for remembering lists and sequences. This ancient mnemonic technique, originating with Simonides, involves associating information with specific locations within a familiar space. It allows for structured recall by mentally traversing the 'memory palace' and retrieving information linked to each designated spot. The technique transformed memory from a passive function to an active, procedural process, proving crucial for orators and scholars alike. This demonstrates an early form of protocolization, systematically encoding and retrieving information.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/214_Memory Wheels.json b/synthetic_readings/214_Memory Wheels.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4aa8f32 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/214_Memory Wheels.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Memory Wheels", + "description": "Giordano Bruno and others employed memory wheels, intricate diagrams with concentric circles, to organize thoughts and concepts, often associating astronomical and human narratives. These wheels enabled a systematic exploration of relationships between ideas by rotating the circles, triggering novel combinations and fostering deeper contemplation. The technique aimed to restructure consciousness and facilitate a more profound understanding of complex systems. This practice was intended to both aid recall and reshape the user's perception of the world.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/215_MEV (Maximal Extractable Value).json b/synthetic_readings/215_MEV (Maximal Extractable Value).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fba70b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/215_MEV (Maximal Extractable Value).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "MEV (Maximal Extractable Value)", + "description": "This refers to the profit that can be extracted by strategically ordering transactions on a blockchain. MEV actors use sophisticated techniques to reorder transactions in a block to maximize their gains, which can sometimes be at the expense of other users. It represents a complex area of blockchain economics with both potential benefits and risks for the network's overall health and fairness. It's a protocol of sorts in how transaction ordering and profit extraction are managed.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/216_MFA Seminar Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/216_MFA Seminar Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8be1301 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/216_MFA Seminar Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "MFA Seminar Protocols", + "description": "These protocols encompass the structured environment and guidance offered within a graduate-level art criticism program. It involves both formal instruction and mentorship from established critics, fostering a community of scholars and writers. This environment supports rigorous engagement with critical theory, historical context, and diverse forms of artistic expression. The protocols guide students in developing both their critical thinking and writing abilities.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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This positioning highlights the emphasis on communal identity and affiliation within the larger kinship system. 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These techniques aimed to standardize actions and responses, reducing reliance on individual judgment in combat situations. They served as a foundation for modern military discipline, laying the groundwork for hierarchical structures and standardized procedures. 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This apparatus serves as a symbol of bodily manipulation and vulnerability, contributing to the overall thematic exploration of alienation and geopolitical power dynamics. The design and application highlight the performative and symbolic aspects of scientific processes, pushing boundaries and provoking reflection on the boundaries of consent.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/223_Minute-Taking Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/223_Minute-Taking Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f8caa2 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/223_Minute-Taking Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Minute-Taking Protocol", + "description": "This pattern refers to the systematic recording of meetings, discussions, and decisions made within a group or organization. It involves designated individuals capturing key points, actions, and assigned responsibilities, creating a traceable record of proceedings. The resulting minutes serve to inform absent members, document accountability, and provide a reference point for future actions, facilitating a structured and transparent decision-making process. The formalization of this process enhances clarity and minimizes ambiguity. The practice of 'taking minutes' during meetings establishes a protocol that subtly reinforces hierarchies and power dynamics. The individual tasked with recording minutes often occupies a position of relative obscurity, embodying a subordinate role within the group. This protocol demonstrates a deliberate strategy that prioritizes the secure recording of outcomes while minimizing the participation of the recorder. This protocol demonstrates how a seemingly neutral activity subtly embodies and reinforces institutional power structures.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/224_Minutes of Council of Ministers.json b/synthetic_readings/224_Minutes of Council of Ministers.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3c5014 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/224_Minutes of Council of Ministers.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Minutes of Council of Ministers", + "description": "The process of recording and disseminating decisions made by the Austrian Council of Ministers involved meticulous documentation and distribution, reflecting a formalized system of governance. Detailed minutes were kept, serving as an official record of discussions and outcomes. These records were crucial for accountability and provided a historical trace of the decision-making process. The records were later analyzed to understand imperial governance practices, revealing insights into the workings of the Austrian state.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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"gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/225_Model 500's Detroit Techno Identity.json b/synthetic_readings/225_Model 500's Detroit Techno Identity.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84335a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/225_Model 500's Detroit Techno Identity.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Model 500's Detroit Techno Identity", + "description": "Model 500 emerged as a key figure in the Detroit techno scene, drawing inspiration from Kraftwerk and employing sparse, evocative soundscapes that reflected the industrial landscape of the city. The project utilized minimalist instrumentation, looped samples, and a focus on hypnotic rhythms to create a sense of melancholy and longing. This project effectively articulated the sonic identity of Detroit techno, utilizing a cold and futuristic aesthetic to portray the city\u2019s unique cultural and industrial character.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be 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It emphasizes direct action and resource sharing, bypassing traditional aid channels and empowering affected communities. The protocol relies on the rapid mobilization of volunteers and the efficient logistics of distributing supplies, facilitated by networks of trust and shared purpose. 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"value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/229_Mutual Exchange Practices.json b/synthetic_readings/229_Mutual Exchange Practices.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..34bb19d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/229_Mutual Exchange Practices.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Mutual Exchange Practices", + "description": "Early American settlers often engaged in a system of mutual exchange, where goods and services were directly traded without relying heavily on currency. Individuals would cover each other's needs through these direct exchanges, like a tailor working for a farmer and vice versa. The balances of these transactions were recorded in writing at the end of the year, creating a de facto ledger of obligations. This form of interaction was particularly common in rural areas and periods of currency scarcity, demonstrating a localized and collaborative approach to economic activity.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/230_Myal Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/230_Myal Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..34386dc --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/230_Myal Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Myal Protocols", + "description": "As articulated by Sylvia Wynter, 'Myal' protocols are described as foundational cultural and spiritual practices within Black communities, serving as spaces for collective expression, resistance, and knowledge transmission. These protocols often blend African spiritual traditions with elements of Christianity, creating unique forms of communal ritual and storytelling. They provide frameworks for interpreting historical trauma, envisioning alternative futures, and building solidarity among Black people in the face of oppression. The protocols demonstrate a powerful means of reclaiming cultural agency and resisting colonial dominance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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These practices combined astronomical knowledge with practical skills, representing a deep understanding of the natural world. Over time, advancements in technology led to more automated systems, but the underlying principle of accurately determining location and course has remained consistent. 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The festival combines food distribution with community engagement activities like art, music, and storytelling. 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These protocols emphasize polycentric and democratic governance, moving away from a single founder. The core concept involves infrastructure serving as territory, emphasizing shared digital spaces and belonging that transcends geographical boundaries. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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Stories serve as vehicles for transmitting history, values, and teachings across generations. This method actively cultivates community resilience and ensures the continued relevance of cultural practices in contemporary society. Oral traditions carry vital information and solidify intergenerational bonds.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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It demonstrated the potential of interactive computing for enhancing productivity, communication, and knowledge creation. 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The protocol relied on the cannon's predictable blast to serve as a shared time reference, distributing a standardized temporal marker across a community. It highlights a method of temporal coordination before widespread use of accurate timepieces and facilitated commerce and social order. The reliance on the gun also underscored a form of centralized control and authority in disseminating timekeeping information.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/242_NSU Trial Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/242_NSU Trial Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ced6c8c --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/242_NSU Trial Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "NSU Trial Protocol", + "description": "The proceedings related to the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in Germany followed a stringent legal framework, with a particular focus on maintaining order and impartiality within the courtroom. The courtroom itself was designed to create a 'freeze-dried world,' emphasizing a sterile and detached atmosphere to prevent emotional displays or sensationalism. The German Code of Criminal Procedure prioritized the principle of immediacy, which, coupled with limited video or audio recording, resulted in minimal formal transcripts and a reliance on informal notes. This procedural design aimed for transparency but ultimately created a gap in public documentation. The NSU trial is specifically referenced, establishing a detailed protocol for evidence-taking, witness testimony, and legal proceedings. It emphasizes the methodical and structured manner in which the case was presented and examined in court. The text suggests this protocol demonstrates the complexity of uncovering truth and delivering justice within a high-profile criminal investigation. The protocol's framework governs interactions between legal teams, witnesses, and the court, shaping the pace and direction of the trial.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/243_Nuclear Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/243_Nuclear Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bef17e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/243_Nuclear Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Nuclear Protocols", + "description": "These critical patterns govern the development, deployment, and use of nuclear weapons, including arms control treaties, inspection procedures, and military directives. They are vital for preventing catastrophic misfires and maintaining a fragile balance of power among nations. These protocols also include internal directives within militaries outlining command structures and decision-making processes. The presence of these protocols underscores the immense responsibility and the potential consequences of nuclear technology.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/244_Oblique Messaging_Editing (Content Circulation Protocol).json b/synthetic_readings/244_Oblique Messaging_Editing (Content Circulation Protocol).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..66e7875 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/244_Oblique Messaging_Editing (Content Circulation Protocol).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Oblique Messaging/Editing (Content Circulation Protocol)", + "description": "To circumvent censorship, protesters share information through coded messages, edits, and re-imports, demonstrating creative strategies for distributing content that circumvents government restrictions. This protocol involves utilizing ambiguous language, symbolic representations, and altered versions of content to evade detection while conveying critical messages. By constantly adapting to censorship techniques, this method helps maintain the fluidity of information and prevents the swarm from becoming an easily targeted entity. This demonstrates a resilience and adaptability within the communication network.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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The hunter's offering of a baloney sandwich exemplifies this flexibility, highlighting the importance of maintaining a spirit of acknowledgment and gratitude, regardless of specific ceremonial elements. 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This protocol isn't a formal request, but an implicit expectation that intervention will occur, driven by a longing for order and resolution. It suggests a desire for bureaucracy not as a constraint but as a provider of structure and a pathway to closure. This illustrates a complex relationship where authority is sought not just for its power, but for the comfort it provides.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/250_Office Space Survey Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/250_Office Space Survey Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3063fc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/250_Office Space Survey Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Office Space Survey Protocol", + "description": "This protocol, exemplified in a case study involving an office space survey, meticulously documents the physical layout of a workspace. It includes detailed measurements, dimensions, and spatial relationships, often accompanied by drawings, plans, and scale numbers to create a comprehensive representation of the environment. The goal is to provide a clear and accurate record of the workspace, which may be required for legal or administrative purposes, such as resolving property disputes or assessing workplace safety. Careful adherence to standardized regulations ensures that the survey is reliable and provides a complete and faithful view of the office.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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It comprises four stages: Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act, representing a continuous loop of assessment and response. The core principle is to complete this loop faster than an adversary, gaining a competitive advantage through adaptability and swift action. Engineers now apply this model to assess the autonomy of technical systems, measuring their capacity to cycle through these stages efficiently and effectively.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/252_Open Source Estrogen.json b/synthetic_readings/252_Open Source Estrogen.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b644a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/252_Open Source Estrogen.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Open Source Estrogen", + "description": "Open Source Estrogen is a collaborative project focused on developing accessible and openly documented methods for studying hormones and their presence in various environments. Initiated through a residency at Medialab Prado, it integrates DIY techniques and public knowledge sharing to democratize scientific inquiry. The initiative fosters community involvement and challenges conventional approaches to hormone research, prioritizing accessible techniques and shared knowledge. This artistic initiative and collaborative project aimed to make knowledge about hormonal contamination accessible and actionable through DIY methods. The project team developed protocols for hormone extraction and detection, sharing them openly for broader adoption and adaptation. The overall goal was to challenge established scientific practices and empower individuals to engage with environmental and health issues directly. It involved experimentation, documentation, and sharing techniques related to hormone analysis and manipulation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/253_Open Source Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/253_Open Source Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0fe0be0 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/253_Open Source Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Open Source Protocols", + "description": "This refers to protocols created through community-driven development and accessible for modification and distribution. This allows for diverse contributions and evolutionary adaptation as users contribute to improvements and innovations. It is characterized by transparency and collaborative participation, promoting wider adoption and increased adaptability. It often entails a relinquishing of individual authority and recognizing the power of collective innovation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/254_Oral Communication Preferences.json b/synthetic_readings/254_Oral Communication Preferences.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8acf75 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/254_Oral Communication Preferences.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Oral Communication Preferences", + "description": "A protocol wherein individuals express their preference for oral communication, particularly through voice memos, can signify a desire to move beyond traditional text-based communication. This can be driven by accessibility needs, such as reliance on text-to-speech technology, or a desire for a more informal and personal connection. It signals a flexibility in communication methods and a willingness to adapt to individual needs. Communication via voice memo and transcription signals a deliberate attempt to prioritize and honor different communication styles, particularly those rooted in oral traditions. This protocol recognizes that written communication is not universally accessible or preferred, and demonstrates a willingness to adapt to diverse needs. By offering a transcript alongside the voice memo, the organization strives to provide an inclusive option for individuals who may have difficulty with audio or prefer written text. This commitment to flexible communication represents a more equitable approach compared to standard email conventions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/255_Pagamento (Payback).json b/synthetic_readings/255_Pagamento (Payback).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd99b53 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/255_Pagamento (Payback).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Pagamento (Payback)", + "description": "Rooted in Indigenous cultures, Pagamento represents the principle of reciprocity and balance in energy exchange. It necessitates an offering or action in return for what is received, whether material or service, to maintain the flow and integrity of natural cycles. This protocol addresses the imbalance caused by extraction or benefit and seeks to restore harmony through returning something of value. This act acknowledges our interdependence with the environment and aims to address systemic imbalances. Derived from Afro-Brazilian traditions, outlines a framework for returning what has been taken and restoring balance in the universe. It dictates the reciprocal exchange of energy\u2014offering something back after receiving something, whether tangible or an act of service. The process aims to maintain the flow of natural law, prevent accumulation, and avert sickness and imbalance. Through this return, life cycles are restored and natural harmony is reestablished.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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The novel actively blurs the lines between narrative, commentary, and interpretation, creating an intricate and intellectually stimulating text. This structure, though literary, parallels hypertext's branching, associational architecture, presenting a web of interconnected texts.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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It involves commitments from various nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to sustainable practices, requiring coordinated efforts and international cooperation. The agreement\u2019s ambition to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius reflects an urgent response to the escalating climate crisis, promoting global environmental stewardship. Achieving the goals requires sustained effort and ongoing adjustments, underscoring the complexity of addressing such a systemic challenge.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": 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These systems involve producers defining standards themselves, based on what is reasonable for their community and valued by consumers. They often depend on mutual trust and local knowledge, rather than bureaucratic enforcement, and are adaptable to the specific needs of a region. 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These seemingly trivial rules of interaction become sites of scrutiny and potential manipulation. It shows how even routine social behaviors can be understood and potentially influenced within a broader system of control. 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"crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/263_Petitioning for Privileges.json b/synthetic_readings/263_Petitioning for Privileges.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..085efbc --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/263_Petitioning for Privileges.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Petitioning for Privileges", + "description": "A formal process existed for individuals or businesses seeking exclusive privileges from the Ministry of Commerce, requiring submission of requests and subsequent evaluation by officials. These petitions were reviewed against predefined criteria, ensuring a degree of standardization in the approval process. This demonstrated an attempt to channel and manage requests for special considerations.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/264_Philanthropic Foundation Advocacy Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/264_Philanthropic Foundation Advocacy Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf9eea1 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/264_Philanthropic Foundation Advocacy Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Philanthropic Foundation Advocacy Protocol", + "description": "Philanthropic foundations, particularly in America, operate under a protocol where they advocate for the arts in economic terms rather than solely focusing on their cultural or aesthetic value. This approach emphasizes the financial impact of the arts on the economy, such as job creation and tourism. The goal is to secure funding and support from policymakers and the public, even if it means downplaying potentially challenging or critical artistic expressions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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This involved carefully controlling spatial relationships between bodies, light sources, and recording equipment to ensure consistency and comparability across different images. The goal was to minimize subjective interpretation and maximize the reliability of the recorded data, creating a system that resembled a process of repeated, calculable data acquisition. This standardization extended to various techniques, including silhouette creation and formal portraiture, fundamentally shaping the development of photography.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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This involved analyzing facial attributes to infer personality traits and moral qualities, often incorporating engraved illustrations to disseminate interpretations widely. While subjective, the process promoted the belief that facial features could be reliably linked to inherent character, influencing perceptions and shaping social interactions. The protocol involved a combination of observation, interpretation, and dissemination of findings, creating a framework for understanding and judging individuals.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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Players rely on a shared understanding of fairness and context to resolve disputes, foregoing formal enforcement mechanisms and fostering a sense of responsibility. The ability to adapt rules and approaches based on the specific environment and player dynamics ensures that the games remain accessible and enjoyable for all involved. This approach prioritizes the continuity of the game above all else, and builds a sense of camaraderie among players of varying levels.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/271_Police Intervention Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/271_Police Intervention Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ee5f2d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/271_Police Intervention Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Police Intervention Protocol", + "description": "When authorities are summoned to the scene, a distinct protocol of intervention is initiated. This involves the officer taking charge of the situation, documenting the event, and ensuring compliance with legal regulations. It includes methods of gathering information, making observations, and potentially issuing warnings or citations. The protocol aims to establish order and resolve the incident through official channels and authoritative action.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/272_Police-led Information-Gathering Network.json b/synthetic_readings/272_Police-led Information-Gathering Network.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5822c0d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/272_Police-led Information-Gathering Network.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Police-led Information-Gathering Network", + "description": "President Xi Jinping's administration employs this network to collect data and track individuals involved in potential dissent, using big data analysis and high-tech policing techniques. It aims to identify and monitor individuals expressing dissenting views online, connecting their digital identities to their real-world personas. The network serves as a tool for preemptively suppressing potential collective action and discouraging participation in protests by linking online activity to real-world consequences. It's a crucial element in the government\u2019s efforts to maintain social order and control information flow.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/273_Political Discourse Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/273_Political Discourse Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15e89c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/273_Political Discourse Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Political Discourse Protocol", + "description": "The text references the language and actions of politicians and public figures, suggesting a \u2018protocol\u2019 of political discourse. This interaction typically encompasses carefully crafted statements, strategic messaging, and calculated responses to public opinion. This protocol often aims to influence perceptions, maintain power, or advance a particular agenda. While seemingly spontaneous, political dialogue often follows established patterns of engagement and calculated maneuvers.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/274_Political Protocols (Arendt & Schmitt).json b/synthetic_readings/274_Political Protocols (Arendt & Schmitt).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..390b397 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/274_Political Protocols (Arendt & Schmitt).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Political Protocols (Arendt & Schmitt)", + "description": "Drawing on the theories of Arendt and Schmitt, the text explores political protocols as the patterns of engagement that define the space for public debate and collective action. These protocols are the unspoken rules that govern how citizens interact with one another, including forms of expression, power dynamics, and access to decision-making. Examining protocols within the political sphere highlights the interplay between established norms and the potential for disruption and transformation, as seen in the fluctuating interactions between Arendt\u2019s concepts of citizen participation and Schmitt\u2019s concept of political adversaries.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/275_Political Thriller_Police Movie Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/275_Political Thriller_Police Movie Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f3f517f --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/275_Political Thriller_Police Movie Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Political Thriller/Police Movie Protocol", + "description": "The text draws parallels between contemporary literary works, specifically novels within the political thriller and police genre, and the observed protocols. This narrative model often features specific interactions between investigators, suspects, and informants, typically guided by a quest for truth and justice. These protocols frequently involve secrecy, deception, and tension, often reliant on established formulas of plot progression and character archetype. The genre utilizes patterned interactions to create suspense and drive narrative arcs, mirroring\u2014or critiquing\u2014real-world investigative practices.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol 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"term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external 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gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/276_Pop-up Village Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/276_Pop-up Village Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..109fcc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/276_Pop-up Village Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Pop-up Village Protocols", + "description": "Pop-up villages are temporary, localized gatherings that occur for a month at a time, connecting people and fostering community. These events, often initiated by figures like Vitalik Buterin, serve as a demonstration of decentralized network principles, linking local experiences with global connections. Through shared activities and rituals, they provide a platform for building relationships and exploring alternative modes of governance. They are both ephemeral and ritualized, highlighting the potential of temporary networks.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/277_Prime Meridian Unconference.json b/synthetic_readings/277_Prime Meridian Unconference.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e05bec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/277_Prime Meridian Unconference.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Prime Meridian Unconference", + "description": "This event, organized by Black Quantum Futurism, aims to challenge conventional temporal and spatial understandings. It functions as a space for critical dialogue and experimental approaches to timekeeping, moving beyond the limitations of Western models. The core objective is to consider alternative frameworks\u2014and to reimagine human relationships to Earth and temporality\u2014using creative and theoretical engagement. This provides a platform to explore new strategies for navigating and creating temporal landscapes. The Unconference was a forum dedicated to exploring connections between science, architecture, and the physics of cloud formations, prompting reflection on concepts of deep time and potential climate implications. Attendees shared insights from disparate fields, engaging in dialogues that aimed to broaden understanding of interconnected phenomena. It provided a platform for collaborative thinking and the generation of innovative perspectives on complex issues related to the Earth and its atmosphere. The discussions aimed to challenge conventional wisdom and foster a more holistic approach to planetary understanding.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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This approach emphasizes caution and calculated risk avoidance, allowing for a more informed decision-making process. It reflects a deliberate effort to maintain flexibility and avoid premature commitments, while simultaneously positioning oneself as a thoughtful and measured contributor. The avoidance of suggestion itself can be a communicative maneuver.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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This simple act creates a cascade of similar changes, signaling shared values and fostering a sense of collective action without explicit engagement in political discourse. It highlights the power of symbolic action and the ease with which individuals can contribute to a larger movement, even with limited resources or risk tolerance. 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It relies on computational effort to secure the network, requiring miners to solve complex mathematical problems to earn the right to add blocks. This process incentivizes honest behavior and prevents malicious actors from manipulating the blockchain. 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Participants are instructed to think aloud as they solve problems, providing a chronological record of their thought processes. Researchers then compare these verbal reports against pre-established task analyses to understand the sequence of steps involved in successful problem-solving. The approach aims to provide a detailed understanding of cognitive strategies and expertise, utilizing both the participant's experience and a priori knowledge of optimal solutions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be 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The aim is not to disregard respect but to challenge restrictive norms and create space for diverse experiences. By incorporating queer characters and narratives, the author strives to reflect the realities of marginalized individuals within Anishinaabe communities. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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It includes peer review, statistical analysis, and citation practices, often involving methods developed in the early 20th century. While designed to ensure rigor and validity, it can lead to inertia and resistance to innovation, with a tendency to reproduce existing frameworks. This creates challenges in progressing beyond established paradigms and replicating results effectively.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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The protocol dictated when and how to wear masks, aiming to reduce the transmission of the virus, which balanced individual freedoms against collective safety. 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It involves allowing space for others to initiate movement and decisions, while also asserting individual agency and perspectives. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/292_Protocol of Operational Closure.json b/synthetic_readings/292_Protocol of Operational Closure.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f6a907 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/292_Protocol of Operational Closure.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Protocol of Operational Closure", + "description": "A means for organizations to create a form of 'operational closure,' in which recorded processes become a substitute for direct observation and interaction. Through formalized documentation, an organization can establish a record of its actions and present a self-image distinct from its actual operations. 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It involves engaging with the history of slavery, honoring the resilience of ancestors, and embracing one\u2019s full cultural heritage. This protocol challenges internalized shame and empowers individuals to build a strong sense of self, founded on the understanding and appreciation of one\u2019s lineage. 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Disguised as a genuine record, it leverages procedural form to lend credibility to its false accusations and manipulate public opinion. The success of the 'Protocol' demonstrates how deceptive patterns, even when exposed as forgeries, can be instrumental in shaping narratives and fostering prejudice. 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These protocols are not simply stories but serve as fundamental guidance for ethical and respectful interaction with the environment and the ancestral spirits. Through adherence to these sacred instructions, individuals maintain harmony with the land, reinforce kinship networks, and ensure the ongoing strength of their cultural identity. Performing these protocols is a form of living prayer and cultural maintenance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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It involves adapting techniques and materials, often in unconventional ways, and prioritizing accessibility and community involvement. This approach underscores a challenge to conventional scientific methods and emphasizes a collaborative spirit that is critical to the DIY protocols described.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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Their lyrics were characterized by confrontational language, sampling techniques, and a willingness to address controversial topics, provoking discussion and mobilizing audiences. Their music aimed to raise awareness of systemic inequalities and inspire resistance, employing a distinctly aggressive and provocative style.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/300_Public Health Behavioral Guidelines.json b/synthetic_readings/300_Public Health Behavioral Guidelines.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c44c89a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/300_Public Health Behavioral Guidelines.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Public Health Behavioral Guidelines", + "description": "These guidelines represent standard practices implemented during health crises, typically encompassing recommendations for preventative behaviors like mask-wearing, social distancing, and vaccination. They function as disciplinary protocols, aiming to control the spread of disease and maintain order through established procedures and expert advice. However, the text highlights the potential for these guidelines to become overly rigid or reinforce existing inequalities if not critically examined, especially when they fail to account for the lived experiences of marginalized communities. A key aim is to move beyond superficial adherence and address the underlying systemic factors contributing to vulnerability.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/301_Publishing Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/301_Publishing Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d9776bf --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/301_Publishing Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Publishing Protocols", + "description": "The Vera List Center and Amherst College Press considered the procedures for making knowledge available, analyzing the traditional constraints of the printed book and actively seeking alternative methods. This includes a broader understanding of how accessible knowledge can be, thinking beyond physical availability and considering societal aspects of access. They recognize the imperative to move beyond established conventions, ensuring research and learning are equitable and inclusive for a diverse audience. The use of Fulcrum, an open-source publishing platform, supports these ambitions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range 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}, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + 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It's structured so that the cost of voting increases quadratically, discouraging vote-buying and amplifying the voices of those with genuinely strong preferences. 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"term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/303_Quilting Practices.json b/synthetic_readings/303_Quilting Practices.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d32452 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/303_Quilting Practices.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Quilting Practices", + "description": "Quilting serves as a powerful vernacular protocol among women in the Western United States, demonstrating resilience, creativity, and community bonding. These quilts, often crafted with limited resources, involved the exchange of fabrics, patterns, and skills among neighbors, creating a network of support and friendship. As a non-commercial activity, the quilts often lacked signatures, underscoring the shared practice and collective spirit of the community, ensuring the preservation of their cultural and creative traditions. This tradition allowed for a tangible record of shared experiences and strengthened bonds across generations.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/304_QWERTY Keyboard Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/304_QWERTY Keyboard Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40d47a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/304_QWERTY Keyboard Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "QWERTY Keyboard Protocol", + "description": "The layout of the QWERTY keyboard represents a historical standard for typing, and is seemingly arbitrary given other possible designs. Its widespread adoption stems from its early design to prevent typewriters from jamming, despite less efficient typing. The protocol's persistence, despite its acknowledged inefficiency, demonstrates the power of entrenched standards and the challenges of introducing change even when a more optimal alternative exists.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, 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"crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and 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fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/305_Racist Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/305_Racist Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c5c0a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/305_Racist Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Racist Protocols", + "description": "These are patterns of interaction and belief systems that define differences as lines of division for accessing resources, and often rely on scripts of attention that perpetuate prejudice. They exist both in official speech and vernacular practices, blending formal structures with unspoken assumptions. These protocols define differences and establish hierarchies, often relying on scripts of attention and demographic questionnaires to demarcate lines of access to resources. They operate through patterns of speech and behavior, blending official brutality with vernacular expression. These discriminatory protocols serve to maintain power structures and reinforce inequalities, creating divisions based on perceived differences. They are often embedded within cultural norms and institutional practices, requiring constant vigilance to dismantle.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": null, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/306_Relationship-Building in Deaf Community.json b/synthetic_readings/306_Relationship-Building in Deaf Community.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5652683 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/306_Relationship-Building in Deaf Community.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Relationship-Building in Deaf Community", + "description": "This is an implicit protocol centered around creating supportive relationships with members of the Deaf community, particularly in relation to sign language interpretation. It involves more than simply providing translation services; it emphasizes cultural understanding, empathy, and a commitment to creating accessible environments. Establishing this type of protocol moves beyond technical proficiency and requires a sustained effort to foster connection and respect.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/307_Participatory Studies (Seed Oils).json b/synthetic_readings/307_Participatory Studies (Seed Oils).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a01218f --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/307_Participatory Studies (Seed Oils).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Participatory Studies (Seed Oils)", + "description": "These are envisioned studies leveraging public interest and readily available monitoring devices to investigate the potential effects of dietary changes like eliminating seed oils. They would involve participants across varied diets, locations, and levels of expertise, with data collected and analyzed collaboratively. The goal would be to move beyond industry agenda, build consensus, and leverage the public's direct experiences with health interventions, moving beyond traditional, controlled clinical trials.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/311_Peer Review.json b/synthetic_readings/311_Peer Review.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f2b53e --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/311_Peer Review.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Peer Review", + "description": "This is a process used in academic publishing, where experts in a field evaluate the quality and validity of research before it is published. The text suggests traditional peer review can be a barrier to new theories and that protocols need to extend to online communities and incorporate outside perspectives.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/312_Dating Apps.json b/synthetic_readings/312_Dating Apps.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5be7ae5 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/312_Dating Apps.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Dating Apps", + "description": "The modern dating app experience, as exemplified by platforms like OkCupid and others, revolves around swipe-based interactions and profile presentations designed for rapid assessment. Users create brief profiles, often incorporating standardized phrases and photos, and then quickly evaluate potential matches based on limited information. This system prioritizes ease of use and large user bases, but frequently leads to superficial connections and discourages in-depth compatibility assessments. Consequently, the protocol fosters a culture of brief interactions, limited commitment, and a 'boring mood' that inhibits meaningful relationship formation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/313_Reporting Conventions for Election Integrity.json b/synthetic_readings/313_Reporting Conventions for Election Integrity.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4cd796a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/313_Reporting Conventions for Election Integrity.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Reporting Conventions for Election Integrity", + "description": "Some jurisdictions, like Canada, utilize legal mechanisms to regulate the release of election results and exit polls. These laws restrict media outlets from reporting results before a specified time, preventing influencing voters in later time zones. This legal framework directly enhances election integrity by preventing premature information dissemination. The use of law, rather than a mere convention, strengthens the protocol's effectiveness.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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Recognizing the need for transparent and reliable metrics, this protocol outlines procedures for measuring and reporting the effects of various CDR techniques. The intention is to build trust and accountability within the emerging carbon removal sector. 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It emphasizes inclusivity, allowing anyone to contribute and propose changes while maintaining a spirit of humility and informality. This process prioritizes consensus and practical implementation, relying on 'rough consensus and running code' rather than hierarchical decision-making. 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They encompassed elements like invention (developing arguments), arrangement (organizing material), style (choosing language), memory (recalling the speech), and delivery (presenting it effectively). They demonstrate the importance of formalized routines in conveying information and influencing audiences. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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Musil's method seems to involve detailed observation, intellectual rigor, and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. This \u2018protocol\u2019 seeks to uncover hidden assumptions, contradictions, and complexities, going beyond superficial understanding. It champions a critical and nuanced perspective, resisting easy categorization or simplistic interpretations.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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By associating their protocols with this historic and respected form of communication, the Protocols aim to convince readers of their veracity and suggest a formal, deliberate process behind the alleged conspiracy. This strategy effectively uses historical legitimacy to bolster a fraudulent narrative.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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Petitioners faced numerous layers of bureaucracy and intermediaries, and gaining a personal audience was a rare and coveted privilege. The protocol dictated the order of precedence and formalized the system of patronage, controlling access to the king\u2019s favor and influence. The performance of open access was largely symbolic, while actual interactions were tightly controlled.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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These protocols dictate succession, religious affiliation, and expectations for personal conduct, often shaping individual identity and restricting autonomy. The King's experience highlights the tension between individual desire and the constraints imposed by established patterns of societal interaction. Abdication represents a radical departure from these expectations, resulting in a significant upheaval of personal and public standing.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/324_Rust Programming Language Principles.json b/synthetic_readings/324_Rust Programming Language Principles.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0bcd6a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/324_Rust Programming Language Principles.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Rust Programming Language Principles", + "description": "Guiding principles within the Rust programming language, particularly emphasizing stability without stagnation. These principles dictate how the language evolves, striving to maintain backward compatibility while incorporating new features and improvements. This approach aims to provide developers with a predictable and reliable programming environment, fostering confidence and reducing the risk of breaking existing codebases. 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Participants partake in this act of remembering and re-enacting Christ's sacrifice, furthering the purpose of receiving divine grace. 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"term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/327_Plantationocence.json b/synthetic_readings/327_Plantationocence.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67eb75a --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/327_Plantationocence.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Plantationocence", + "description": "This protocol involves confronting and engaging with the historical trauma of slavery and its ongoing legacies. It entails a deliberate process of revisiting the plantation as a site of shame and a place of ancestral strength, actively reclaiming and honoring the experiences, decisions, and ingenuity of enslaved individuals. It necessitates confronting the complexities of survival choices made under duress, rather than judging them, and ultimately, integrating this understanding into one's sense of self and lineage. This process aims to break cycles of shame and open pathways for future generations to flourish, built on a foundation of reclaimed heritage.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/328_Sangoma Healing Practices.json b/synthetic_readings/328_Sangoma Healing Practices.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4d3fb62 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/328_Sangoma Healing Practices.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Sangoma Healing Practices", + "description": "Sangomas, highly respected healers in some African cultures, employ a complex set of rituals and practices to mend spiritual and temporal disequilibria. Central to their protocol is the ability to enter a trance state \u2013 a temporary departure from their physical body \u2013 to petition ancestral spirits for reconciliation and knowledge. This involves identifying and rectifying past wrongs and imbalances impacting the patient's well-being, often through divination, healing ceremonies, and making amends. The process is deeply rooted in a fluid understanding of time, where the past directly influences the present, and healing necessitates connecting with and influencing past events. Sangomas engage in rituals that involve dissociating from the present to enter a \u2018wilderness,\u2019 a timeless realm inhabited by spirits. This state allows them to seek forgiveness, guidance, and knowledge from ancestral figures. The practice demonstrates a belief in the interconnectedness of past, present, and future. This journey allows the Sangoma to petition for reconciliation and illumination, bringing back vital insights for healing and guidance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/332_Secular Lunar Calendar.json b/synthetic_readings/332_Secular Lunar Calendar.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..83eed5e --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/332_Secular Lunar Calendar.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Secular Lunar Calendar", + "description": "This alternative calendar system utilizes the cycles of the moon to track time, presenting a distinct rhythm and measurement compared to conventional solar calendars. It offers a method for marking significant dates and events that is independent of established religious or governmental frameworks. 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His modified screw thread design was more easily mass-produced, aligning with commercial considerations and making it a preferred choice in the United States. The adaptation highlighted the importance of balancing technical precision with practical feasibility. The adoption demonstrated a willingness to adapt initial protocols to improve accessibility and economic viability.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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It aims to add semantic information to web content, enabling computers to understand the relationships between different pieces of data and facilitating more intelligent data processing. While the initial implementation struggled to gain widespread adoption, the goal remains to create a web where data is not just presented but also understood by machines.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external 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"term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/335_Senatus Consultum.json b/synthetic_readings/335_Senatus Consultum.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..04e7ec0 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/335_Senatus Consultum.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Senatus Consultum", + "description": "The Protocols borrow the term 'senatus consultum,' a form of Roman senate advisory decree, to describe their own 'protocols.' This term suggests a deliberate, formal decision-making process within a secret group of elders. By invoking the authority of this historical concept, the Protocols attempt to imbue their fabricated document with a veneer of legitimacy and importance. The intentional use of Latin terminology adds to the perceived weight and authenticity of the fraudulent information presented.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/336_Seven Ancestor Teachings.json b/synthetic_readings/336_Seven Ancestor Teachings.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1eae56c --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/336_Seven Ancestor Teachings.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Seven Ancestor Teachings", + "description": "The text refers to the Kookum Dibajimowin, a set of seven teachings guiding behavior and interaction within the community. These teachings are not rigid rules, but embodied practices passed down through storytelling and demonstrated by elders, shaping individual character and community values. This practice relies on interpersonal demonstration and adaptation rather than strict adherence to prescribed elements. The Seven Ancestor Teachings are not rigid protocols but rather a network of practices intended to cultivate a communal kindness and embody ethical behavior. They encompass concepts like humility, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, and love, enacted through storytelling and mentorship. These teachings emphasize interdependency and reciprocal responsibility, promoting harmony within the community and with the natural world. Elders demonstrate these teachings through their actions, guiding younger generations to internalize these values.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 7, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/337_Shadbush Tree Planting.json b/synthetic_readings/337_Shadbush Tree Planting.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9709ae9 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/337_Shadbush Tree Planting.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Shadbush Tree Planting", + "description": "As part of the vigil and 'La Siembra' action, community members collectively planted a native shadbush tree in a community garden, symbolizing a permanent site of remembrance. The tree is nurtured by previously contributed soil, creating a cycle of death and rebirth, a tangible connection to the past and hope for the future. Planting a tree is a long-term commitment to environmental stewardship and acknowledges the importance of nature's role in healing and restoration. It is an act of paying back for the life taken and the work being done.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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These containers, typically 20 or 40 feet in length, enable efficient loading, unloading, and transport across various modes of transportation. Their uniform dimensions facilitate interoperability among ships, trains, and trucks, streamlining the movement of goods worldwide, and providing the basis for other secondary uses like housing or studios.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in 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This technique involved a skilled transcriber rapidly capturing spoken words, typically in a condensed form. Shorthand was employed to generate an authentic record of proceedings, transforming ephemeral speech into a permanent artifact. 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/350_Songlines.json b/synthetic_readings/350_Songlines.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db20dfc --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/350_Songlines.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Songlines", + "description": "Songlines, integral to many Indigenous Australian cultures, are pathways or routes across the landscape encoded in song and storytelling. These songs contain intricate details of geography, history, and social customs, acting as a navigational system and a repository of cultural knowledge. Following a songline involves adhering to specific protocols regarding interaction with the land and the beings associated with it. By internalizing and performing these songs, individuals reinforce connections to the land and pass on vital information across time.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/351_Sonic Engineering Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/351_Sonic Engineering Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d69227d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/351_Sonic Engineering Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Sonic Engineering Protocols", + "description": "Modern societal practices dictate the intentional creation and manipulation of sound to influence behavior and regulate social interactions. Through ringing bells, emitting whistles, and blaring alarms, society aims to establish frameworks and maintain control over public order and individual conduct. These protocols exemplify how sounds have been intentionally crafted and implemented to elicit specific responses. They demonstrate how sounds can function as tools of communication and influence. These sounds serve as coded signals that trigger specific responses and enforce protocols governing movement and interaction. Examining the intentional crafting of these sounds reveals the subtle ways that societal norms and regulations are enforced through acoustic manipulation, and illustrates how sound is used to control human behavior.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/352_Spam_Dilution Tactics (Content Disruption Protocol).json b/synthetic_readings/352_Spam_Dilution Tactics (Content Disruption Protocol).json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e359ed5 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/352_Spam_Dilution Tactics (Content Disruption Protocol).json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Spam/Dilution Tactics (Content Disruption Protocol)", + "description": "Government actors flood social media platforms with irrelevant or provocative content to overwhelm politically sensitive posts, making them difficult to locate and diminishing the swarm\u2019s ability to focus. This strategy aims to disrupt the flow of information and undermine the protests' organizational cohesion by diluting content and diverting attention. It represents a deliberate effort to obscure the protest\u2019s core message and reduce its visibility within the online sphere. This serves as a form of digital sabotage designed to diminish the efficacy of the swarm\u2019s communication efforts.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/353_Staking Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/353_Staking Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9aea14b --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/353_Staking Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Staking Protocols", + "description": "Used in Proof-of-Stake systems, staking protocols define how participants lock up cryptocurrency to become validators and earn rewards. The protocol dictates the minimum staking amounts, the eligibility requirements, and the consequences of malicious behavior. It's a core mechanism for ensuring the security and operation of blockchains that utilize Proof-of-Stake. These protocols create incentivization structures for participation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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"term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/354_State-Sponsored Interference Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/354_State-Sponsored Interference Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d96b480 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/354_State-Sponsored Interference Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "State-Sponsored Interference Protocol", + "description": "This describes a deliberate strategy utilizing social media platforms to manipulate public opinion, often employed by governments or political entities. It involves creating fake accounts and disseminating disinformation campaigns to influence voter behavior or shape narratives. This protocol bypasses traditional media channels, using automated tools and paid operatives to amplify specific messages. The success relies on remaining undetected, creating an illusion of organic content, and exploiting existing vulnerabilities in platform algorithms.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol 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"term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": null, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external 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"term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/355_Stenography Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/355_Stenography Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2da5e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/355_Stenography Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Stenography Protocols", + "description": "These historical practices involved professional typing and record keeping, once commonplace in various industries. Technological advancements, specifically the rise of personal computers and widespread typing skills, led to the obsolescence of these specialized roles. These methods were replaced with more universal skills, mirroring a broader shift away from specialized tasks and toward more general-purpose abilities. The abandonment of these practices illustrates the adaptability of workflows in response to technological progress.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/356_Stereographic Exchange.json b/synthetic_readings/356_Stereographic Exchange.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..468e8e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/356_Stereographic Exchange.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Stereographic Exchange", + "description": "Oliver Wendell Holmes proposed a system for exchanging stereographic images, envisioning a network resembling public lending libraries. This protocol involved collecting, preserving, and making available metrically precise images of various objects, especially buildings, to allow for comparison and study. This process emphasized an economic model where images circulated and accumulated value, comparable to a \"general circulation of banknotes,\" and promoting an efficient exchange system of standardized data for widespread educational and research purposes.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + 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"term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/357_Stock Exchange Trading Halt Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/357_Stock Exchange Trading Halt Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3324489 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/357_Stock Exchange Trading Halt Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Stock Exchange Trading Halt Protocol", + "description": "When extraordinary market events occur, stock exchanges possess the authority to temporarily suspend trading activity in specific stocks or across the entire market. This intervention aims to prevent panic-driven selling and allow for a period of cooler reflection and information gathering. The protocol\u2019s implementation requires careful judgment to avoid triggering unintended consequences, such as exacerbating volatility when trading resumes. The halt protocol's existence serves as a safety valve, designed to maintain market stability and investor confidence.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/358_Submission of Exclusive Privileges.json b/synthetic_readings/358_Submission of Exclusive Privileges.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8627cb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/358_Submission of Exclusive Privileges.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Submission of Exclusive Privileges", + "description": "A formalized protocol existed within the Ministry of Commerce for granting exclusive privileges, which involved a structured process. This framework ensured that requests were reviewed according to established criteria and procedures. The granting of privileges was then officially documented and communicated through formal publications, like the Reichsgesetzblatt. The structure aimed to standardize the process and provide transparency in decisions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/359_Succession Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/359_Succession Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6afd4d --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/359_Succession Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Succession Protocols", + "description": "These systems outline the order and procedures for inheriting titles, land, and power within a monarchy or other hierarchical structure. They dictate which individuals are eligible to assume leadership positions and the steps they must follow to do so. Succession protocols often involve intricate rules regarding lineage, gender, and religious affiliation. The King's abdication was a direct consequence of clashing with these established patterns of inheritance and societal role.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/360_Sustos Retrieval.json b/synthetic_readings/360_Sustos Retrieval.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7b9d5b --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/360_Sustos Retrieval.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Sustos Retrieval", + "description": "This protocol addresses a spiritual condition, often experienced as anxiety, depression, or PTSD, resulting from trauma or self-betrayal, where parts of the soul detach from the body. It requires a journey of re-integration, involving repeated cycles of confronting the source of the trauma and reclaiming the lost aspects of the self. Each cycle collapses time, concentrating spiritual power and ultimately leading to a more resilient and whole being. The process necessitates a commitment to healing and a willingness to face painful memories and emotions. This protocol addresses the phenomenon of soul loss, often experienced as anxiety, depression, or PTSD following a significant trauma or spiritual breach. It involves a journey of spiritual reconnection and retrieval of scattered soul fragments, often guided by traditional healers or spiritual practitioners. The process entails confronting the root causes of the loss, acknowledging pain and regret, and reintegrating the lost elements to restore wholeness. The retrieval of lost soul fragments strengthens one's sense of self and cultivates resilience, leading to a more complete and vibrant existence.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by 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Users quickly assess potential matches based on limited information with a swipe gesture, signifying interest or rejection. The practice facilitates rapid-fire assessments of potential partners but often leads to superficial connections and diminishes the quality of interactions. It is incentivized by platforms prioritizing engagement and large user bases over meaningful connection.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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The aim was to eliminate arbitrariness and uncontrollable aspects of the test subject's experience, making the observations more objective. Both the test subject and the experimenter engage in a constant exchange of ideas to ensure clarity and completeness of the recorded experience. This technique sought to provide a more rigorous and standardized approach to introspection, though it retained the challenges of subjective experience.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/363_SZ Journalists' Note-Taking Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/363_SZ Journalists' Note-Taking Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ff15fc --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/363_SZ Journalists' Note-Taking Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "SZ Journalists' Note-Taking Protocol", + "description": "The four S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) journalists established a structured protocol for documenting the NSU trial, which involved consistently attending the proceedings and producing extensive handwritten or typed notes. The resulting 1,000-page book served as a surrogate for the absence of formal transcripts, effectively reconstructing a comprehensive record of the events. This practice underscored a commitment to openness and transparency, allowing readers to form independent judgements, and addressed a notable deficit in the availability of official documentation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + 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"Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + 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Its robust nature stems from its open-source approach, with individuals freely adapting and reinterpreting card meanings, creating a constant flow of new perspectives. This iterative process expands the collective understanding of the Tarot, as each deck and reading contributes to a larger network of interconnected meanings. The intangible nature of magic further shields it from rigid categorization, ensuring its ongoing adaptability and vibrancy.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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"value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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It establishes a standardized framework for packet delivery, addressing, and error checking, enabling communication regardless of underlying hardware or software. The suite's decentralized nature initially fostered a democratic online environment, but its structure also allows for centralized control and monitoring through domain name systems. 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It requires a discipline of silence, recognizing that listening is essential for enabling collective growth. 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This involves a conscious effort to compartmentalize issues, focusing on technical details while sidelining broader implications and responsibilities. The repeated invocation of this dichotomy reveals an underlying tension between technical expertise and political accountability, reflecting differing perspectives on the boundaries of acceptable discussion. 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It is a way of recognizing the original inhabitants and their ongoing connection to the land. This public affirmation reinforces the importance of Indigenous rights and acknowledges colonial displacement. It serves as a reminder of history and a commitment to reconciliation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/371_Threshold Forgetting Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/371_Threshold Forgetting Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c62e36 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/371_Threshold Forgetting Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Threshold Forgetting Protocols", + "description": "This describes a pattern of user behavior in digitally monetized environments, where intentional disengagement and distraction are designed to hinder focused attention and memory retention. The protocols embedded within these systems actively steer users away from their original goals, through carefully placed advertisements, notifications, and algorithmic recommendations. This highlights the opposite of clear protocolization \u2013 a purposeful disruption of cognitive focus.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/372_Time Distribution via Gun Time.json b/synthetic_readings/372_Time Distribution via Gun Time.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..638ed17 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/372_Time Distribution via Gun Time.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Time Distribution via Gun Time", + "description": "When adopting a standardized time through a central source, like a noon-day gun, those adhering to the schedule were obligated to spread the distributed timing to other locations. Those travelling would be expected to spread the agreed upon timing among disparate locations and communities. This demonstrates how timekeeping is not only about tracking time, but also about communicating and coordinating across distances. Furthermore, time becomes a medium of cultural and social influence, extending the authority of the central time source.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 5, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/373_Time Zone Standardization.json b/synthetic_readings/373_Time Zone Standardization.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e347b1f --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/373_Time Zone Standardization.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Time Zone Standardization", + "description": "The implementation of internationally agreed-upon time zones represents a structured approach to coordinating schedules across vast distances, simplifying global communication and travel. It fundamentally altered the human experience of time, creating artificial divisions to manage complex systems. While promoting efficiency, standardization also reflects a historical context of colonial influence and the imposition of Western norms. This protocol is continuously evolving with the proliferation of digital technologies and the need for more granular coordination.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. 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Individuals following this protocol would adjust their routines and engage in activities suitable for the perceived character of the hour. It promoted a mindful approach to the day, aligning activities with underlying principles of harmony and balance. The framework emphasized a holistic understanding of time, encompassing both inner and outer rhythms.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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These narratives are far more than just storytelling, as they function as guides to behavior and ensure cultural continuity through generations. The protocols within Tjukurpa dictate appropriate interactions with the environment and relationships with others, establishing a living connection to the ancestral past. They serve as profound markers of identity, kinship, and spiritual responsibility.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range 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}, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/376_Tobacco Offering Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/376_Tobacco Offering Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c421781 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/376_Tobacco Offering Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Tobacco Offering Protocol", + "description": "The text references a traditional protocol involving a tobacco offering as a gesture of gratitude and reciprocity. In the scenario described, when a hunter forgets to bring tobacco, an alternative offering of food is presented as an acceptable substitute. This demonstrates a flexible approach to cultural practices, where the underlying intention of respect and acknowledgment remains paramount, even when specific elements are unavailable.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": 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Interactions are observed and documented, blurring the lines between public and private spheres and undermining traditional social distinctions. This system fosters a culture of constant observation and documentation, accepting impersonal interactions as a normal aspect of daily life. The overall effect creates a sense of pervasive surveillance, where even intimate settings are framed within an organizational intent, and individuals internalize the expectation of scrutiny.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + 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"Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + 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It encourages open communication and demonstrates a commitment to quality and employee well-being. The protocol's effectiveness hinges on the worker's ability to identify and voice concerns, and management's willingness to act upon them. Ultimately, it aims to prevent larger problems by proactively resolving issues at the point of origin.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/379_Traffic Signals.json b/synthetic_readings/379_Traffic Signals.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23cbc64 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/379_Traffic Signals.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Traffic Signals", + "description": "Traffic signals are a ubiquitous example of a protocol governing the movement of vehicles and pedestrians to ensure order and prevent collisions. The sequence and timing of the lights, along with associated signage and driver expectations, create a predictable system for navigating roads and intersections. Adherence to this protocol minimizes chaos and facilitates efficient flow, demonstrating how a shared understanding of rules and actions enables complex interactions. These regulations, although seemingly simple, are essential for safely managing a high volume of individuals.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by 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The speaker uses it to demonstrate that they\u2019ve picked up on the translation error and to make sure everyone understood their original meaning.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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The process ensures the research aligns with tribal values and priorities and acknowledges the tribe's authority over their land and resources. It demonstrates respect for indigenous sovereignty and facilitates collaborative research practices, leading to a finalized, accessible video product. This system emphasizes accountability and ongoing dialogue during the research process.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/382_Tribal Protocols of the Cultural Resources Program.json b/synthetic_readings/382_Tribal Protocols of the Cultural Resources Program.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..88e6b87 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/382_Tribal Protocols of the Cultural Resources Program.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Tribal Protocols of the Cultural Resources Program", + "description": "This system outlines specific guidelines for conducting research within tribal lands and involves submitting permit requests to the Department of Natural Resources. The process underscores respect for tribal sovereignty and cultural heritage and necessitates adherence to established procedures. It ensures collaboration between researchers and tribal members, fostering transparency and accountability throughout the project lifecycle. This protocol promotes responsible research practices that align with tribal values and priorities.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/383_Truth and Reparations Commission Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/383_Truth and Reparations Commission Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79dd40b --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/383_Truth and Reparations Commission Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Truth and Reparations Commission Protocols", + "description": "These protocols focus on establishing formal institutions designed to investigate historical injustices, acknowledge harm, and propose remedies. They involve structured processes for gathering testimonies, analyzing evidence, and making recommendations for reparations, including financial compensation, symbolic gestures, and policy changes. While they represent a commitment to accountability and healing, the design and implementation of these protocols require careful consideration to ensure fairness, inclusivity, and effectiveness in addressing complex historical grievances. The call for a Truth and Reparatory Justice Commission signifies a formal process of acknowledging and addressing historical injustices, particularly those linked to colonialism and slavery. Such a commission would likely involve investigating past harms, documenting experiences, and making recommendations for restorative action. This structure represents a commitment to transparency, accountability, and a willingness to confront uncomfortable truths. The goal is not simply to assign blame but to facilitate healing and create a foundation for a more just and equitable future.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/384_TSA Airport Security.json b/synthetic_readings/384_TSA Airport Security.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0128dfb --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/384_TSA Airport Security.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "TSA Airport Security", + "description": "This protocol represents a system of security measures implemented at airports. It involves a series of interactions and procedures designed to identify and prevent potential threats, involving numerous intrusive checks and interactions for travelers. The protocol is often perceived as inefficient and burdensome, highlighting the potential for security measures to become oppressive. It serves as an example of how a design choice can create a harmful consequence.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range 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}, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/385_Ultimate Frisbee Gameplay.json b/synthetic_readings/385_Ultimate Frisbee Gameplay.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b2aed0 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/385_Ultimate Frisbee Gameplay.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Ultimate Frisbee Gameplay", + "description": "Ultimate Frisbee showcases a self-regulating protocol centered on player-driven interpretations of rules and conflict resolution. Instead of external referees, players are entrusted to call fouls and resolve disputes, fostering a sense of responsibility and accountability within the game. This system relies on a shared understanding of the rules and a commitment to maintaining fair play, often resulting in players' willingness to accept calls or stand down even when they disagree. The cultural component of ultimate necessitates sensitivity to local environments and nuances, as what is acceptable in one context might be inappropriate in another, highlighting the importance of community norms.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in 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"term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + 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This act created a unifying visual identity for the collective and established a consistent aesthetic. The bandanas served as a symbol of shared identity and a connection to the underground culture surrounding Detroit techno. This performance act has become an inseparable part of the group's image and influence.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/387_Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/387_Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f3cda8 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/387_Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Protocol", + "description": "The URL protocol establishes a standard method for identifying and locating resources on the internet, utilizing a structured string to pinpoint the location of a specific file or service. This system provides a consistent way to address and retrieve information, allowing resources to be linked from anywhere, facilitating a global network of accessible data. The string's structure and the ability to readily share and reference URLs have been instrumental in the expansion of the internet. While their structure descends from file names, URLs' wide usage has promoted global information access.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing 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"macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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This involves assessing the inherent risk, evaluating potential liabilities, and developing strategies for managing the consequences. This protocol is characterized by its flexibility and need to adapt to situations that defy predictability. These types of events require specialized expertise and creative solutions.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of 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"term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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It serves as a powerful bargaining tool, compelling employers to address grievances and engage in good-faith negotiations. The strike protocol balances worker rights with potential disruption to business operations and the economy, typically requiring legal frameworks and collective bargaining processes. Its existence relies on legal protections and the potential for significant economic impact.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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The goal is to support local biodiversity, attract pollinators, naturally control pests, and enrich soil health. The exact distribution of crops versus pollinator plants is determined locally, allowing for adaptation to specific community preferences and environmental conditions. 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It utilizes readily available materials like cigarette filters and silica gel, substituting for commercial C18 cartridges and utilizing a modified glass column for separation. The process involves conditioning the column, loading the sample, and eluting with methanol, culminating in the evaporation of the solvent and leaving behind concentrated hormones. The approach prioritizes accessible knowledge and material adaptation, challenging conventional scientific methods and fostering public amateurism. This protocol, developed through DIY methods, aims to isolate hormones from urine samples using readily available materials like cigarette filters and silica gel as substitutes for expensive laboratory equipment. The process involves conditioning a column with methanol and water, loading the urine sample, eluting with methanol, and finally evaporating the solvent to obtain a concentrated hormone residue. This approach emphasizes open-source biology and public amateurism, demonstrating the possibility of bypassing traditional scientific infrastructure. 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/392_USB-C Connector Protocol.json b/synthetic_readings/392_USB-C Connector Protocol.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..854531e --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/392_USB-C Connector Protocol.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "USB-C Connector Protocol", + "description": "The USB-C connector standard aims to provide a universal interface for charging and data transfer across various devices, presenting an aesthetically uniform design. However, the protocol\u2019s uniformity can be deceptive, as different ports and cables can have varying capabilities and performance levels. Users can often be misled by the standard's appearance, leading to inconsistent experiences and hidden incompatibilities between devices.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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needs", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants 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"term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 6, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. 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It prioritizes a subjective sense of feeling and atmosphere rather than replicating existing trends or content. Participants actively seek to curate their experiences and protect their minds from commodified content, valuing authenticity and individual expression. This approach fosters a more nuanced and thoughtful approach to online interaction and cultural participation.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, 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"notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by 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This protocol involved creating distinct, private spaces within residences, offering a contrast to the fluid, interconnected rooms found in earlier Italian Renaissance designs. The emphasis on enclosure brought about a change in how interiors were experienced and used, prioritizing individual retreat and customized settings.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + 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This protocol acts as a deterrent against cheating, collusion, and other forms of unfair play. Enforcement relies on the judgment of tournament directors, requiring careful consideration of complex situations and potential for subjective interpretations. 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It provides a space for testimonies from activists, the creation of a collective altar, and a shared mourning process. The event aims to amplify the voices of those defending the planet and raise awareness about the dangers faced by environmentalists. 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This protocol enables access to alternative social media and news sources, circumventing the government's restrictions on internet access. While the government attempts to block VPNs, the ongoing efforts to circumvent these blocks reveal the importance of decentralized communication networks. The constant adaptation and evolution of this protocol showcase the resilience of the swarm in maintaining its communication channels.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The 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true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 4, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/400_Wampum Belt Bead Code.json b/synthetic_readings/400_Wampum Belt Bead Code.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..66890ba --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/400_Wampum Belt Bead Code.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Wampum Belt Bead Code", + "description": "Wampum belts, traditionally crafted by Indigenous peoples, utilize bead arrangements to encode stories and transmit knowledge across generations. The specific placement and colors of the beads represent concepts and events, forming a visual language that serves as a durable memory aid and a means of recording agreements and histories. These intricate beaded belts, crafted by various Indigenous cultures, served as a sophisticated form of record-keeping and communication. Beyond mere decoration, the beads encoded historical narratives, treaty agreements, and ceremonial instructions. The patterns and arrangements of the beads carried specific meanings, ensuring the accurate transmission of vital information across generations. Consequently, wampum belts demonstrate a complex system of patterned interaction essential for preserving cultural memory and facilitating diplomacy.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 5, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 2, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/401_Web Protocols.json b/synthetic_readings/401_Web Protocols.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b7e475 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/401_Web Protocols.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Web Protocols", + "description": "The World Wide Web operates through numerous protocols enabling data transfer and user interface. These protocols continuously evolve to create more robust, decentralized web infrastructure, often prioritizing user access. From Web1 to Web3, the protocols consistently attempt to improve user experience and incorporate new technological innovations. The need for care-based internet protocols to guide user interaction is currently becoming an essential component of web design. These protocols govern the structure and function of the internet, from the earliest iterations to current developments such as Web3. These protocols dictate how data is transmitted, accessed, and interpreted, profoundly shaping online interactions and experiences. However, Web protocols often fail to adequately address the needs for care and compassion, requiring a deliberate infusion of those principles into future iterations. She calls for intentional shifts in development to prioritize empathetic and equitable design.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually", + "term_right": "embodied", + "term_right_description": "Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "obligatory", + "term_left_description": "Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents", + "term_right": "voluntary", + "term_right_description": "Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "flocking", + "term_left_description": "Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry", + "term_right": "swarming", + "term_right_description": "Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "defensible", + "term_left_description": "Strong boundaries and protections against external influence", + "term_right": "exposed", + "term_right_description": "Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "monopolistic", + "term_left_description": "Excludes the use of other protocols with similar purposes", + "term_right": "pluralistic", + "term_right_description": "Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Experience", + "set_description": "How the protocol is perceived in the context of its implementation", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "sufficient", + "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants", + "term_right": "limited", + "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "crystallized", + "term_left_description": "Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon", + "term_right": "contested", + "term_right_description": "Content or meaning are disputed or under debate", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "trust-evading", + "term_left_description": "Minimizes the need for trust among participants", + "term_right": "trust-inducing", + "term_right_description": "Relies on or cultivates trust among participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "predictable", + "term_left_description": "Produces expected and consistent outcomes", + "term_right": "emergent", + "term_right_description": "Produces unexpected or novel outcomes", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "exclusion", + "term_left_description": "Creates barriers or excludes certain participants", + "term_right": "inclusion", + "term_right_description": "Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "restraining", + "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness", + "term_right": "liberating", + "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought", + "value": 7, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "dead", + "term_left_description": "Not actively utilized by relevant participants", + "term_right": "alive", + "term_right_description": "Actively utilized by relevant participants", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + } + ], + "analysis": [ + { + "term_left": "hardness", + "term_left_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness", + "term_right": "softness", + "term_right_description": "The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above and determine a mean. Round it to the nearest integer. That is the 'value' here.", + "automated": true, + "value": 6, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "polarized", + "term_left_description": "The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings", + "term_right": "centrist", + "term_right_description": "The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients", + "instructions": "Take all the 'value' fields in the gradients above. Assess their degree of polarization. For instance, if all the values are either 1 or 9, the output would be 1, and if all of them are 5, the output would be 9.", + "automated": true, + "value": 3, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "bureaucratic", + "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", + "term_right": "relational", + "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/402_Westphalian System.json b/synthetic_readings/402_Westphalian System.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80f5bbf --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/402_Westphalian System.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "Westphalian System", + "description": "Refers to the system of sovereign nation-states that emerged from the treaties of Westphalia in 1648, and has influenced geopolitical organization since. This system posits that each state has exclusive authority within its defined territory. It established a framework where rulers could act independent of external religious or imperial oversight. This arrangement promoted a sense of national identity and shaped international relations for centuries. This refers to the 17th-century system of nation-states, emphasizing sovereignty and territorial boundaries, which traditionally dominates international relations. The text argues that this system is increasingly inadequate for addressing global crises that transcend national borders. The framework prioritized distinct national jurisdictions and legal frameworks, which is now being challenged by interconnected issues like climate change and digital governance. The shift towards protocol-based approaches indicates a move away from this established model of governance.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "institutional", + "term_left_description": "Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions", + "term_right": "vernacular", + "term_right_description": "Design occurs through evolving community interactions", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "documenting", + "term_left_description": "The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring", + "term_right": "enabling", + "term_right_description": "The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "static", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible", + "term_right": "malleable", + "term_right_description": "Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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These individuals were initially invited to fill labor shortages and were expected to have full rights as British citizens. However, later policies created a situation where some Windrush arrivals were wrongly detained, deported, and denied legal rights, disrupting established expectations of belonging and citizenship within British society. The scandal exposed a fundamental breakdown in procedural fairness and the vulnerability of a historically marginalized community. Following the Windrush scandal, protocols were established for remediation aimed at addressing the injustices faced by affected individuals. These included procedures for verifying citizenship, providing legal aid, and offering compensation for wrongful detentions and deportations. The protocols were intended to correct the systemic errors that led to the scandal and ensure that affected individuals received the support and recognition they were entitled to. However, the implementation of these protocols has often been criticized for being slow, bureaucratic, and inadequate, highlighting the challenges of repairing deep-rooted institutional failures.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + 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"Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 4, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + 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This protocol involves individuals offering their perspectives, potentially aiding in the reconstruction of events and determining responsibility. These interactions can be emotionally charged and require careful navigation to ensure accuracy and fairness, as differing narratives may emerge. It is an informal process relying on recollection and personal interpretation, forming a collective understanding of the accident.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design 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"value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + 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A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "automated": true, + "value": null, + "notes": null + }, + { + "term_left": "not useful", + "term_left_description": "The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "term_right": "very useful", + "term_right_description": "The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol", + "instructions": "Evaluate the usefulness of this bicorder as a tool for analyzing this protocol, considering whether the gradient terms seemed revealing or irrelevant.", + "automated": false, + "value": null, + "notes": null + } + ] +} diff --git a/synthetic_readings/407_World Zionist Congress.json b/synthetic_readings/407_World Zionist Congress.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62e2330 --- /dev/null +++ b/synthetic_readings/407_World Zionist Congress.json @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "name": "Protocol Bicorder", + "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", + "version": "1.2.4", + "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", + "author": "Nathan Schneider", + "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "metadata": { + "protocol": "World Zionist Congress", + "description": "The text references the World Zionist Congress, a pivotal event in the Zionist movement, where Theodor Herzl publicly declared his mission and the Basel Program was adopted. This gathering aimed to establish a legally secured homeland in Palestine and served as a backdrop for the Protocols' fabrication, falsely suggesting a hidden agenda linked to this congress. The congress itself was a legitimate political event, but its association with the Protocols distorted its purpose and fueled antisemitic narratives. It symbolizes the manipulation of real-world events to support fictional conspiracy theories.", + "analyst": "GPT-OSS", + "standpoint": "A careful ethnographer and outsider aspiring to achieve a neutral stance and a high degree of precision", + "timestamp": null, + "shortform": false + }, + "diagnostic": [ + { + "set_name": "Design", + "set_description": "How the protocol is created and remembered", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "explicit", + "term_left_description": "The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants", + "term_right": "implicit", + "term_right_description": "The design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "precise", + "term_left_description": "The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation", + "term_right": "interpretive", + "term_right_description": "The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a 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"shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "technical", + "term_left_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies", + "term_right": "social", + "term_right_description": "Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "universal", + "term_left_description": "Meant for global adoption across different communities", + "term_right": "particular", + "term_right_description": "Tailored for a specific community", + "value": 8, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "durable", + "term_left_description": "Designed to be persistently available", + "term_right": "ephemeral", + "term_right_description": "Designed to vanish when no longer needed", + "value": 3, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + } + ] + }, + { + "set_name": "Entanglement", + "set_description": "How the protocol relates with participant agents", + "gradients": [ + { + "term_left": "macro", + "term_left_description": "Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope", + "term_right": "micro", + "term_right_description": "Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope", + "value": 1, + "notes": null, + "shortform": false + }, + { + "term_left": "sovereign", + "term_left_description": "A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity", + "term_right": "subsidiary", + "term_right_description": "An operating logic under the control of a particular entity", + "value": 2, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "self-enforcing", + "term_left_description": "Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms", + "term_right": "enforced", + "term_right_description": "Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions", + "value": 9, + "notes": null, + "shortform": true + }, + { + "term_left": "abstract", + "term_left_description": "Participants learn the protocol by studying it 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