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review 2013-11-30 00:21
Protocol by Alexander Galloway
Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (Leonardo Book Series) - Alexander R. Galloway

This is the book I forgot at the office I'm only at for a day or two every second week. I should have seen that as a sign. But now I've finally read it through, and I'm a little underwhelmed.

 

Protocol, both computer or social, is the agreed upon language of action that regulates behaviour. This is definitely not light reading, despite opening with a scene from the movie Tron. It's a serious academic work that's attempting to cross disciplinary boundaries, between computer science, philosophy, cultural theory and probably a few more between.  

 

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