The Protocol for a Technologically Emancipated Civilization stands on the shoulders of giants. This bibliography represents the intellectual lineage that informs the Protocol's framework — from the thermodynamic insights of Georgescu-Roegen to the cybernetic wisdom of Wiener and Ashby.
The sources are organized thematically, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the Protocol. Each section represents a pillar of the framework: thermodynamics, cybernetics, institutional economics, digital governance, and anthropological transformation.
These are the intellectual giants whose work provides the foundational framework for the Protocol's diagnosis and prescription.
Argued that the economic process is fundamentally entropic. This insight demolishes the neoclassical fantasy of infinite growth on a finite planet.
Provided the ultimate diagnosis of civilizational collapse: societies solve problems by adding complexity until the marginal returns turn negative.
Law of Requisite Variety: "Only variety can absorb variety." Explains why centralized states are fundamentally incapable of governing 21st-century complexity.
Demonstrated that communities can successfully manage common pool resources without state control or privatization.
"Code is Law." Software architecture is a form of governance. Warning about the potential for digital systems to become "perfect prisons."
"The Protocol does not claim originality; it claims synthesis. It weaves together insights from thermodynamics, cybernetics, institutional economics, and digital governance into a coherent framework for civilizational transformation."
This bibliography represents the state of the conversation as of 2025. The Protocol is not a final word but an invitation to continue the dialogue.
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