Meeting Info

• Mar 10, 2023, 15:30 UTC
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCG1N3Ww6T0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCG1N3Ww6T0

Agenda

• Summer of Protocols Overview
  • Intro (Tim Beiko)
  • Overview (Venkatesh Rao)
    • Why this, why now
      • Protocols in the air…
        • Specifying Spring 83
        • Who Could Write Protocol Fiction
        • Protocols, Not Platforms
        • ActivityPub/Mastodon moment
        • Crypto maturing…
    • Program “inner” goals
      • Nerdsnipe the world on protocols
      • Help accelerate vibe shift towards protocols
      • Plant seeds of global protocol literacy
    • Program structure/culture
      • Mostly open resources
      • Work-in-public ethos
      • #summerofprotocols as permissionless umbrella
      • Release early/release often
      • Steal/compose/build-on/yes-and
      • Permissively licensed output
    • Expectations
      • Informal participants
      • Affiliate Researchers
      • Core Researchers
      • Guest Speakers
      • Residents
      • Us (program staff)
    • Resources
      • Pilot Study
    • Application Suggestions
      • Build around an interesting germ of an idea that has nerdsniped you
      • Underformed and alive new thought > polished and dead old thought
      • Speaks to theme directly > rhymes with themes vaguely
      • Interesting > Important See: Murray Davis, That’s Interesting
      • “Worse is Better”
      • Pitch to each other > Pitch to us
      • “Truth by meme” > Clickbait OR unreadably dull false rigor
• Q&A