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1Protocol-pilledbeing literate in protocolsprotocol literacyprotocol awarenessprotocol literacy and nerdsniping
2Understanding and embracing the complex world of protocols, gaining deep knowledge and appreciation for their nuances and intricacies.
3To be protocol-pilled is to be both literate in the powerful emerging technological idiom of protocols and its associated discourses and, to use a term coined by Randall Munroe, nerdsniped by the deeply satisfying lenses, levers, and mental models it offers.
4To be protocol-pilled is to be literate in the powerful emerging technological idiom of protocols and its associated discourses
5Protocol literacysensitizing oneself to protocol patterns
6Sensitizing oneself to such patterns in different environments, and learning to parse the grammars governing them, has emerged as a critical research methodology for protocols.
7Sensitizing oneself to patterns in the emergent phenomenology around a set of protocols
8Protocol stewardshipdeep sense of history
9A deep sense of history is necessary—without a traditionalist’s attachment to that history—and almost sufficient for effective protocol stewardship.
10deep sense of history is necessary... almost sufficient for effective protocol stewardship
11Protocol whisperingmanaging tensions
12The greater the attunement to the protocolized environment, the greater the agency. The greater the attunement to mere technocracy, the lower the agency.
13greater attunement to protocolized environment, greater agency
14Protocol whisperingsocial engineering skills
15protocol-whispering abilities often rest as much on social engineering skills as on technical engineering or architecture skills.
16protocol-whispering abilities rest as much on social engineering skills
17Protocol awarenessinfinite game mindset
18the game of technology becomes what the philosopher James Carse called an infinite game—one where you play to continue the game rather than to win.
19game of technology... infinite game—play to continue the game rather than to win
20Protocol awarenessawareness of tensions
21the ability to navigate multiple things changing at once, not all of which you are able to even observe, let alone control.
22ability to navigate multiple things changing at once, not all observable or controllable
23Protocol awarenesshumility and openness
24Beyond hardening our activities against capture or co-option by narrower agendas, and doing our best to articulate, in honest but unapologetic ways, the opinionated tastes we are bringing to our curation and catalysis efforts, we aim to keep our role small and limited.
25hardening against capture, honest articulation of opinionated tastes, keep role small and limited
26Protocol awarenessmutualism and openness
27on radical openness and mutualism over exclusionary control.
28on radical openness and mutualism over exclusionary control
29Protocol awarenesssense of responsibility
30we must do so with the same sense of heightened responsibility we bring to other potentially dangerous technologies.
31with heightened responsibility we bring to other potentially dangerous technologies
32Protocol awarenesscuriosity and history
33based on foundational curiosities and a deep sense of history rather than missionary manifestos.
34based on foundational curiosities and deep sense of history rather than missionary manifestos
35Protocol awarenesspatience and persistence
36Protocols—if we may be forgiven a touch of evangelical hubris—are like the mills of the gods: They grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.
37Protocols grind slowly, but grind exceedingly small
38Protocol awarenessacceptance of complexity
39Protocols do not promise a tension-free existence, where all conflicts are magically resolved. They only promise interesting new tensions and an interesting new meta of engineered arguments to manage them.
40Protocols do not promise tension-free existence, only interesting new tensions and meta of engineered arguments
41Protocol awarenesshumility and self-reflection
42Any attempt to create a new field and an associated set of discourses, of course, is necessarily both a political project and a practical one.
43attempt to create new field... both political project and practical one
44Protocol awarenesscollaborative spirit
45Many experienced an even more unsettling kind of meta-anger and meta-frustration: They discovered that not only was there no way to address their grievances, there wasn’t even anywhere to direct them. ... to recognize that you’re not in traffic, you are traffic.
46discovered no way to address grievances, nowhere to direct them... recognize you’re not in traffic, you are traffic
47Protocol awarenessadaptability
48Protocols, honestly represented, do not promise that you will face no problems or discontents—only that they won’t be the same old discontents that leave you feeling trapped in the traditional paradigm.
49Protocols do not promise no problems or discontents, only they won’t be same old discontents
50Protocol awarenessawareness of tradeoffs
51Protocols, as engineered arguments, appear to have an unreasonable capacity to evolve coherently without the need for a fiat authority.
52Protocols as engineered arguments, unreasonable capacity to evolve coherently without fiat authority
53Protocol awarenessawareness of emergent properties
54Protocols create new kinds of humans because the patterned near-invisibility of successful protocols induces a kind of deepening ludic immersion.
55Protocols create new kinds of humans, patterned near-invisibility induces deepening ludic immersion
56Protocol awarenessawareness of unintended consequences
57Protocols tend to enter our lives obliquely, in the form of deceptively simple behaviors, often without even a central technological element, and go on to transform human nature in powerful ways.
58Protocols enter obliquely, deceptively simple behaviors, transform human nature in powerful ways
59Protocol awarenessawareness of control mechanisms
60Protocols often instill behaviors the way Mr. Miyagi did in The Karate Kid. Daniel-san acquires karate skills without realizing it, practicing wax-on-wax-off behaviors.
61Protocols instill behaviors like Mr. Miyagi, Daniel-san acquires karate skills without realizing it
62Protocol awarenessawareness of unintended control
63Where products merely create new kinds of customers, powerful protocols can sometimes create entirely new kinds of humans.
64Products create new kinds of customers, powerful protocols create entirely new kinds of humans
65Protocol awarenessawareness of unintended consequences of control
66their unconscious nature can make protocols powerful mechanisms for coercive control and induced self-destruction.
67unconscious nature can make protocols powerful mechanisms for coercive control and self-destruction
68Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of history
69the things you choose to remember about the history of a protocol arguably constitute your revealed preferences about how you think it ought to evolve in the future.
70things you choose to remember about history of protocol constitute revealed preferences about future evolution
71Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of collective memory
72The evolution of protocols can be seen as ongoing arguments about what features to enshrine in the protocol itself and what associated narratives to enshrine in the meta of the protocol.
73evolution of protocols as ongoing arguments about features to enshrine in protocol and narratives in meta
74Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of community
75the goal of the program, in other words, is to create a hardened commons around the art and science of protocols, and then stop.
76goal to create hardened commons around art and science of protocols, then stop
77Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of pluralism
78the je ne sais quoi of protocols, after all, is an ineffable quality of openness, connectivity, serendipity, emergent resources, peering, heterogeneity, and pluralism.
79je ne sais quoi of protocols is ineffable quality of openness, connectivity, serendipity, emergent resources, peering, heterogeneity, pluralism
80Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of self-sustaining systems
81As the discourses we aim to catalyze become self-sustaining, hopefully supported by a growing number of individuals and organizations with a variety of perspectives and motives, the Summer of Protocols program, we hope, will become unnecessary.
82discourses become self-sustaining, supported by growing number of individuals and organizations, program will become unnecessary
83Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of shared responsibility
84we hope this volume, as an early contribution to this emerging commons, will help jumpstart this process.
85volume as early contribution to emerging commons, help jumpstart process
86Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of exploration
87We hope this book will convince you to choose exploration over retreat.
88book will convince you to choose exploration over retreat
89Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of responsibility in exploration
90we must either choose to trade old discontents for new ones, and proceed to explore these worlds on their own terms, or retreat from the adventures they promise.
91must choose to trade old discontents for new ones, explore worlds on their own terms, or retreat
92Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of openness and inclusivity
93we aim to build a coalition of diverse partners unified by a shared interest in protocols.
94aim to build coalition of diverse partners unified by shared interest in protocols
95Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of bridging gaps
96We hope to build bridges and partnerships.
97hope to build bridges and partnerships
98Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of iterative improvement
99the goal is to create a hardened commons around the art and science of protocols, and then stop.
100goal to create hardened commons, then stop
101Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of self-reflection and critique
102Any effort to create a broad new discourse, underwritten by new patterns of individual and institutional attention, risks turning into an exercise in intellectual hubris if it refuses to entertain such considerations.
103effort to create broad new discourse risks intellectual hubris if refuses to entertain considerations
104Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of humility
105we believe that this approach would be not only misguided and doomed—but would be deeply ironic in relation to the specific themes of protocols.
106approach would be misguided and doomed, deeply ironic in relation to themes of protocols
107Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of patience
108Protocols arrive slowly, and can be incredibly fragile when young, but are remarkably hard to kill once they do arrive.
109Protocols arrive slowly, fragile when young, hard to kill once arrived
110Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of adaptability and resilience
111Protocols tend to enter our lives obliquely, in the form of deceptively simple behaviors, often without even a central technological element, and go on to transform human nature in powerful ways.
112Protocols enter obliquely, deceptively simple behaviors, transform human nature in powerful ways
113Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of understanding tradeoffs
114Protocols, as engineered arguments, are evolution-aware technologies that attempt to internalize their key ongoing conflicts in structured and stylized ways, without necessarily ‘solving’ them.
115Protocols as engineered arguments, evolution-aware technologies, internalize key conflicts in structured ways
116Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of managing tensions
117Protocols evolve as moving traffic jams.
118Protocols evolve as moving traffic jams
119Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of community and collaboration
120the authority of consensus memory is perhaps the closest thing protocols have to a source of continuously renewable legitimacy.
121authority of consensus memory closest thing protocols have to source of continuously renewable legitimacy
122Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of community
123the goal is to create a hardened commons around the art and science of protocols.
124goal to create hardened commons around art and science of protocols
125Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of responsibility
126we must either choose to trade old discontents for new ones, and proceed to explore these worlds on their own terms, or retreat from the adventures they promise.
127must trade old discontents for new ones, explore worlds on their own terms, or retreat
128Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of curiosity
129we hope this book will convince you to choose exploration over retreat.
130book will convince you to choose exploration over retreat
131Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of openness
132on radical openness and mutualism over exclusionary control.
133on radical openness and mutualism over exclusionary control
134Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of humility
135we aim to keep our role small and limited, and indeed, shrink it over time.
136aim to keep role small and limited, shrink it over time
137Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of patience
138Protocols arrive slowly, and can be incredibly fragile when young, but are remarkably hard to kill once they do arrive.
139Protocols arrive slowly, fragile when young, hard to kill once arrived
140Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of adaptability
141Protocols, honestly represented, do not promise that you will face no problems or discontents—only that they won’t be the same old discontents.
142Protocols do not promise no problems or discontents, only they won’t be same old discontents
143Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of responsibility
144we must do so with the same sense of heightened responsibility we bring to other potentially dangerous technologies.
145with heightened responsibility we bring to other potentially dangerous technologies
146Protocol awarenessawareness of the importance of fostering a sense of curiosity and history
147based on foundational curiosities and a deep sense of history rather than missionary manifestos.
148based on foundational curiosities and deep sense of history rather than missionary manifestos
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