Protocol Protocol
Just following protocol...
Josh Davis and Venkatesh Rao
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Issue 20
We’re well into August and the program is into the final sprint. But one of our researchers, Kara Kittel, took some time out to make a montage of movie moments featuring the word “protocol,” and it is both hilarious and unexpectedly insightful and revealing, casting an interesting light on our ambiguous love-hate relationship with the protocols we’ve built around ourselves. Enjoy and share!
Protocol Supercut from Kara Kittel
(For real heads only, extended edition 14 minute long cut (if you’re in a hurry the transcript is fun to skim) https://youtu.be/uSOw-hulg6s
This week’s Summer of Protocols newsletter is a fun one. A montage of movie moments featuring the word “protocol” put together by researcher Kara Kittel https://paragraph.xyz/@protocolized/protocol-protocol
Key research finding from SoP: Movies just love the word “protocol”
i would pay $3 for a 60 second version that's just the word protocol spliced from each of these scenes rapid fire style
The use of "protocol" in this context was particularly resonant (as someone raised Catholic). Protocol as a weaponization of "divine order" is a scary and all too real pill that many are coerced into swallowing (whether they know it or not).