Sop Fall Forecast — Protocolized

This fall forecast announces multiple protocol studies events and opportunities, including the Seapunk Proto-College in Kuala Lumpur (September 15-20) focused on protocols and reimaginable seas, an AI Futurama workshop in Berlin (October 9-10) exploring Europe's adoption of emerging AI technologies, and a protocol studies meet-up in Buenos Aires. The issue also wraps up the Ghosts in Machines series and shares a curated SoP Discord link-list.

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Brackish Strategy

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.

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Aug 2025

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Chore Protocols

This issue explores chores as a fundamentally under-theorized domain and proposes protocols as a solution to the persistent coordination failures that plague communal living arrangements. The editorial argues that while anarchist approaches fail in practice due to human inconsistency, protocolized systems can provide the structural support needed to sustain cooperative maintenance without relying on fallible human operators or institutions.

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Feb 2025

Daniel Kronovet

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Constructing the Evil Twin of Ai

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.

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Oct 2025

Venkatesh Rao