Protocol Initiative
Post Capitalistic Protocol
Post Capitalistic Protocol is a protocol initiative developed from Post Capitalistic Auction within the Multi-Value Decision-Making Lab. It is designed for situations where a scarce stake must be allocated among values that cannot be reduced to one metric.
Format
A method for making non-commensurable value judgments public, named, and consequential.
Post Capitalistic Protocol does not try to produce objectively correct outcomes. It addresses a different problem: how a decision that cannot be fully justified by a common standard can still become legitimate.
The protocol does this by making the decision public, named, and consequential. A responsible person with legitimate sovereignty over the stake makes a choice in the open. Advisors may publicly flag risk and credibility, but they do not decide. Non-monetary commitments are specified through observable forms. The chosen parties bind themselves to the promise. What cannot be objectively guaranteed enters a public record and becomes subject to reputation.
PCP is especially relevant where institutions currently rely on scoring systems, opaque committees, or market proxies to make decisions that are actually moral, political, artistic, or social value judgments.
Originating Work: Post Capitalistic Auction
Related Lab: Multi-Value Decision-Making Lab
Possible Applications
- Awards
- Grants
- Commissions
- Residencies
- Cultural funding
- Public or semi-public resource allocation
- Selected institutional decisions