# Protocol Pulse II

*Uzbekistan, Design, Jamais Vu*

By [Roots & Rooks](https://paragraph.com/@rootsandrooks) · 2024-01-16

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"The real trick in highly reliable systems is somehow to achieve simultaneous centralization and decentralization."

~ Karl E. Weick

### Protocols in the News

*   Uzbekistan joins international [protocol network](https://www.miragenews.com/uzbekistan-joins-protocol-for-enhanced-water-1155554/) to improve water management.
    
*   The Other Internet’s [essay](https://otherinter.net/research/three-body-problem/) on the hyper progressiveness of protocol designers.
    
*   A protocol for improving [employee agency](https://luca-dellanna.com/agency/).
    
*   An exploration of the problem of [profit extraction](https://trent.mirror.xyz/GDDRqetgglGR5IYK1uTXxLalwIH6pBF9nulmY9zarUw) in software commons.
    
*   How [well-defined rules](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGfS6pPJ5jo&t=1412s) can reduce power imbalances.
    
*   The latest issue of [Protocolized](https://paragraph.xyz/@protocolized/pop-a-protocol-pill-to-kick-off-2024), covering SoP program updates.
    

### Other Cool Stuff

*   [Jamais vu](https://www.sciencealert.com/the-opposite-of-dj-vu-is-a-thing-and-its-even-more-uncanny) – the opposite of déjà vu.
    
*   David Perell on [recency bias](https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1746741657272242325).
    
*   [Insane markups](https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-taxpayers-pay-mckinsey-3m-a-year) on the time of biz school graduates.
    

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*Originally published on [Roots & Rooks](https://paragraph.com/@rootsandrooks/protocol-pulse-ii)*