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Introducing the Bridge Atlas podcast – a limited series of interdisciplinary conversations to level up how you think about protocols.
It’s time for bridge-building at an unprecedented scale.
youtu.be/6KpWypVFL2o?...
It’s time for bridge-building at an unprecedented scale.
youtu.be/6KpWypVFL2o?...
Bridge Atlas - Episode 1: Intro | Tim Beiko & Timber Stinson-Schroff
YouTube video by Protocol Town Hall
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Introducing the Bridge Atlas podcast – a limited series of interdisciplinary conversations to level up how you think about protocols.
It’s time for bridge-building at an unprecedented scale.
youtu.be/6KpWypVFL2o?...
It’s time for bridge-building at an unprecedented scale.
youtu.be/6KpWypVFL2o?...
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“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
– R. Buckminster Fuller
October 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
– R. Buckminster Fuller
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"These two statements are both true: all accidents are preventable, and we cannot prevent all accidents."
- @tmbr.bsky.social, "Safe New World," summerofprotocols.com/safe-new-wor...
- @tmbr.bsky.social, "Safe New World," summerofprotocols.com/safe-new-wor...
July 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"These two statements are both true: all accidents are preventable, and we cannot prevent all accidents."
- @tmbr.bsky.social, "Safe New World," summerofprotocols.com/safe-new-wor...
- @tmbr.bsky.social, "Safe New World," summerofprotocols.com/safe-new-wor...
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In 10 minutes (10AM Pacific) I’ll be doing a working-in-public monologue livestream session on formal modeling of protocols, to kick off a summer special interest group (SIG) on the topic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVFo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVFo...
Towards a Formal Theory of Protocols
YouTube video by Protocol Town Hall
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In 10 minutes (10AM Pacific) I’ll be doing a working-in-public monologue livestream session on formal modeling of protocols, to kick off a summer special interest group (SIG) on the topic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVFo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVFo...
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I'll be chatting with Sreeram Kannan about intersubjective consensus and other esoterica on the protocol town hall in 5 minutes. We'll try to get to the bottom of what the heck Eigenlayer is, and why it matters. www.youtube.com/live/2OyZt4g...
The Intersubjective Consensus Problem
YouTube video by Protocol Town Hall
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'll be chatting with Sreeram Kannan about intersubjective consensus and other esoterica on the protocol town hall in 5 minutes. We'll try to get to the bottom of what the heck Eigenlayer is, and why it matters. www.youtube.com/live/2OyZt4g...
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I’d like to commission a solid nonfiction piece for Protocolized on MCP (model context protocol) by someone who has played with it hands-on, and has a sense of the philosophical and design issues around protocols for AIs.
Submission guidelines.
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/submission...
Submission guidelines.
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/submission...
How to write with us
Thank you for your interest in writing for Protocolized. We publish three types of pieces: stories, studies, and science. Please review the guidelines before pitching – technical details and a button ...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’d like to commission a solid nonfiction piece for Protocolized on MCP (model context protocol) by someone who has played with it hands-on, and has a sense of the philosophical and design issues around protocols for AIs.
Submission guidelines.
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/submission...
Submission guidelines.
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/submission...
Tune in ce soir 👇
Join us tomorrow, April 2nd, at 7pm PDT for a talk by @vgr.bsky.social titled A Protocol Fiction Protocol.
Want a reminder? Tap play, then tap the one-time Notify Me button.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2xd...
Want a reminder? Tap play, then tap the one-time Notify Me button.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2xd...
A Protocol Fiction Protocol
YouTube video by Protocol Town Hall
www.youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tune in ce soir 👇
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New story alert 🚨
"To Share, And Remember" is up now on the @protocolized.bsky.social Substack!
Thanks to @tmbr.bsky.social and @vgr.bsky.social!
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/to-share-a...
"To Share, And Remember" is up now on the @protocolized.bsky.social Substack!
Thanks to @tmbr.bsky.social and @vgr.bsky.social!
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/to-share-a...
To Share, And Remember
Issue #7: Ritual Data Transfer
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New story alert 🚨
"To Share, And Remember" is up now on the @protocolized.bsky.social Substack!
Thanks to @tmbr.bsky.social and @vgr.bsky.social!
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/to-share-a...
"To Share, And Remember" is up now on the @protocolized.bsky.social Substack!
Thanks to @tmbr.bsky.social and @vgr.bsky.social!
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/to-share-a...
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SoP25 kickoff / Q&A starting in just a few minutes – join us live to learn more about this year's programming, grants, and tracks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E1Y...
SoP 2025 Town Hall
YouTube video by Protocol Town Hall
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March 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
SoP25 kickoff / Q&A starting in just a few minutes – join us live to learn more about this year's programming, grants, and tracks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E1Y...
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There will be a town hall next Friday where we’ll go over the whole program and answer any questions.
lu.ma/vth5pfbi?tk=...
lu.ma/vth5pfbi?tk=...
Summer of Protocols 2025 Town Hall · Luma
Join us for a town hall and Q&A on the upcoming SoP 2025 program!
This summer, we'll support a cohort of educators to transform SoP research into open-source…
lu.ma
March 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There will be a town hall next Friday where we’ll go over the whole program and answer any questions.
lu.ma/vth5pfbi?tk=...
lu.ma/vth5pfbi?tk=...
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I'm pleased to announce the third year of the Summer of Protocols program. This issue of Protocolized contains a full program overview and several grant and prize opportunities. Please circulate widely, especially to educators and SF writers.
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/sop-2025-a...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/sop-2025-a...
March 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm pleased to announce the third year of the Summer of Protocols program. This issue of Protocolized contains a full program overview and several grant and prize opportunities. Please circulate widely, especially to educators and SF writers.
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/sop-2025-a...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/sop-2025-a...
Sneak peek by @vgr.bsky.social of some Summer of Protocols announcements coming later today in Issue 006 of @protocolized.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sneak peek by @vgr.bsky.social of some Summer of Protocols announcements coming later today in Issue 006 of @protocolized.bsky.social
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A video chat where @tmbr.bsky.social and I riff on all things protocol, and provide some sneak previews of SoP 2025 programming (to be announced on Friday) contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/video-reco...
Video Recording: Protocols Preview 2025
Live video chat about Sumner of Protocoos 2025
contraptions.venkateshrao.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A video chat where @tmbr.bsky.social and I riff on all things protocol, and provide some sneak previews of SoP 2025 programming (to be announced on Friday) contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/video-reco...
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okay so now that i've shipped this newsletter i can get on with today's job which is finishing the thing i described in the last segment that i paused to write the newsletter
doriantaylor.com/a-propos-cur...
doriantaylor.com/a-propos-cur...
À Propos Current Events
A survey of one small aspect of the current (geo)political situation, and what I'm doing about it.
doriantaylor.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
okay so now that i've shipped this newsletter i can get on with today's job which is finishing the thing i described in the last segment that i paused to write the newsletter
doriantaylor.com/a-propos-cur...
doriantaylor.com/a-propos-cur...
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Have you seen our guest talk with sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan, author of Waste Tide and AI 2041?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6BD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6BD...
Guest Talk with Chen Qiufan | Science Fiction as Protocol
YouTube video by Protocol Town Hall
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Have you seen our guest talk with sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan, author of Waste Tide and AI 2041?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6BD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6BD...
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"I extricated myself to stand outside the shop and look at the coniferous tree, yearning for something that I couldn't quite put a finger on. Something I knew but had forgotten."
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/haven-tail...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/haven-tail...
Haven Tailors
Issue #3: Are you the right fit for this virtuous city?
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"I extricated myself to stand outside the shop and look at the coniferous tree, yearning for something that I couldn't quite put a finger on. Something I knew but had forgotten."
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/haven-tail...
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/haven-tail...
To delve, or not to delve, that is the question.
February 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
To delve, or not to delve, that is the question.
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“Today we build fulfillment centers, freeways, container ships, and supertall skyscrapers, all accidental monuments to the various protocols that utilize them, and equally impressive.”
- Drew Austin, Protocols Don’t Build Pyramids
- Drew Austin, Protocols Don’t Build Pyramids
February 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Today we build fulfillment centers, freeways, container ships, and supertall skyscrapers, all accidental monuments to the various protocols that utilize them, and equally impressive.”
- Drew Austin, Protocols Don’t Build Pyramids
- Drew Austin, Protocols Don’t Build Pyramids
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He-y, come on ou-t! (a short story by Shinichi Hoshi, translated by Stanleigh Jones) – tom moody
www.tommoody.us
February 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"...convergence indicates an overall lack of trust in established institutions and a willingness to find alternative avenues when it comes to securing a desirable future. The promise of meritocratic upward mobility has lost its credibility, and people are looking for ways to bet on a better future."
Who gets to bet on the future? - Transformative Private Law
Reading Time: 7 minutes
transformativeprivatelaw.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"...convergence indicates an overall lack of trust in established institutions and a willingness to find alternative avenues when it comes to securing a desirable future. The promise of meritocratic upward mobility has lost its credibility, and people are looking for ways to bet on a better future."
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"Such fractious eras can be terrible to live through, as we are all finding out now, but they do have a silver lining: They create an opening for the ordinary individual to gain agency at the expense of both kinds of elites...These gains typically take a very particular form: better protocols."
Strange New Rules
Issue #1: A new magazine of stories, studies, and science
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Such fractious eras can be terrible to live through, as we are all finding out now, but they do have a silver lining: They create an opening for the ordinary individual to gain agency at the expense of both kinds of elites...These gains typically take a very particular form: better protocols."
I feel like I have an army of unpaid interns
February 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I feel like I have an army of unpaid interns