I like having books at my desk when I work. This helps me feel engaged in my work, even if I don’t often read them. The insecure part of me feels lik...
The Protocolist published thirty articles this year. This translated into about five good ideas.Accidental narrative adoptionIn You Are What You Eat,...
This is my second-to-last newsletter of the year. If you’ve enjoyed the last ~6 months of free content, consider getting a friend or colleague to sig...
Some goals are best achieved indirectly. Bob, a smartly dressed accountant, wants to optimize his productivity at work. He could use sticky notes, hi...
Economics has always existed, but it didn’t always have a name. Humans negotiated trades, chased efficiency, and stockpiled long before terms like ma...
Are we the architects of our fate? Or just tumbleweeds made of stardust?The free will debate is alive and well. On the side of determinism are promin...
I hosted a virtual salon last Wednesday. If you missed it, you can catch the recording on YouTube:The hot topic of the Q&A was tsunamis. This was a b...
Doing the newsletter differently this week. I’ve been busy learning how to code. So, I haven’t spent as much time reading. Writing is easy when you’r...
I was watching 007: Skyfall last week. I think it just came out. Spy movies are one of the main homestays of the word “protocol”. When something goes...
The world is foggy these days. It’s hard to see even my fingertips when I reach out my hand. Almost like the air around me is a palimpsest polluted b...
