Venkatesh Rao ☀️
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Excited for our third annual protocol symposium in September, and the first under the aegis of the Protocol Institute. Talk and workshop abstracts due June 14th. Fully online, and this is the first time we’re doing an open call too (previous editions had all the programming out
Our just-launched Protocol Institute is launching this collaborative program with the Long Now foundation. 2 exciting protocol-themed grant opps — “book of time” and “epistemic cycles”. Apply by June 5.
What does long-term thinking look like in practice? Introducing Long Now Labs, a collaborative space to test, prototype, and build long-term tools. Lab Series 001 is a collaboration with the Protocol Institute to investigate three aspects of civilizational durability that are
Made an online book out of my Twitter archives from when I was active. Include a preface I wrote specifically for this. Took some heavy-duty bespoke vibecoding to get done. Epub and print soon. venkateshrao.com/twitter-book/
For the record, since a lot of people seem confused and are pinging me, the ‘tempo’ handle was never mine (mine is
@tempobookand dormant). I don’t know why this account has RTed some of my old tweets.
Introducing Tempo: a payments-first blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. As stablecoins go mainstream, there’s a need for optimized infrastructure. Tempo is purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments, born from Stripe’s experience in global payments and
I’m helping organize a week-long Protocol Symposium, Sep 12-19. The symposium is fully online and free, but limited capacity. Deadline to apply is tomorrow, August 22. Details in reply. Probably your best chance to catch up on Summer of Protocols work this year. This is the
