This issue reports on SIGFPT's latest activities, including discussions on process calculi and the upcoming exploration of motion languages from robotics as a framework for understanding protocols. The editorial reflects on protocols as fundamentally different from AI systems—the \"evil twin\" relationship—while announcing new initiatives like the Tan Paper project and writing bounties.
Generative AI's accessibility has disrupted cultural and creative industries whose primary product is meaning, creating urgent tensions between technology adoption and creative labor that demand protocol-based solutions. Nicolás Madoery maps these sociotechnical tensions and proposes moving forward through a protocol lens, while announcing a Buenos Aires meetup and new essay bounties.
Nicolás Madoery
This monthly note examines how conflict and competition are essential rather than avoidable elements of business strategy, critiquing the popularity of Blue Ocean Strategy's conflict-averse approach. Drawing from the first month of the Protocols for Business Special Interest Group, the author argues that successful corporate strategy requires embracing trade-offs, arguments, and tensions rather than seeking uncontested markets.
Timber Stinson-Schroff
Protocolized reflects on the conclusion of its protocol fiction serial The Librarians, which emerged from six teams' work at the Summer of Protocols Knowledge Futurama workshop at Edge Esmeralda 2025, where participants designed 1,000-year library preservation systems across technological and social dimensions. The series distills six principles for protocol futures derived from this collaborative exploration of knowledge artifacts, preservation technology stacks, and the social contexts required for long-term cultural survival.
Timber Stinson-Schroff