Timber Stinson-Schroff

Managing Director of the Protocol Institute

[Venkatesh Rao ☀️ @vgr]

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 of the summer of protocols cohorts; this time anyone can apply).

https://t.co/vR8PV9jolo

[Denise Hearn @denisehearn_]

1 week left to submit!

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

Paging all time nerds, submit a crazy concept for a watch, clock or other timepiece... if it's excellent, we might help you make it a reality.

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

[Open call] Long Now Labs is looking for new concepts for marking, experiencing, or making sense of time. Submissions will be reviewed by our incredible panel of artists, philosophers, and technologists.

The winning 25 concepts will be included in a Long Now print book and digital anthology. The top 3 will be developed into working prototypes.

Submissions close in two weeks, deadline June 5. Read the full prompt and apply here: https://t.co/EdYPtx8ux7

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

@kylemathews You should write this with @keikreutler

[rafa @rafathebuilder]

https://t.co/59PWJmXtDA

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

oh no

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: All 17 U.S. passengers of the hantavirus cruise ship are now being flown to Nebraska for evaluation after one tested positive.

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

Not only the most important questions of *our* time, but one that future civilizations will also reckon with.
History rhymes. It's as simple as that.

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

[Call for submissions] Long Now Lab 001.2 is seeking an individual or team to investigate historical epistemic cycles — patterns of technological disruption that result in the breakdown of a society's shared ability to discern truth.

Through a series of events and convenings, along with content development and publishing, this Lab will analyze historical ruptures (e.g. papyrus, printing press, social media) to provide insight for navigating the current epistemic crisis brought on by synthetic intelligence and generative media content.

Submissions are open now through June 5. Read the full prompt and apply here: https://t.co/LbNto0ew2U

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

How does one engage with the arduous and existential task of long-term thinking? How can we work on civilizational durability without dissolving into ambiguities?

We can’t predict the arc of history, nor can we create a checklist for an immortal civilization. As our partners at the Protocol Institute wrote eloquently on Substack: in order to build truly useful tools and frameworks for long-term thinking, we must practice:
- researching, to learn what has worked in the past
- prototyping, to improve upon existing protocols and create new ones
- entrepreneurship, to solve distribution so that what is learned and built actually reaches the people and institutions who need it

This is exactly what Long Now Labs seeks to do. Do you have a framework or tool that belongs in the future? Bring your vision to Long Now Labs. Submissions are open: https://t.co/fTro9tXnL6

Read the full post from @tmbr_ss and @denisehearn_ here: https://t.co/XDARcrmY0Y

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

@neno_is_ooo @keikreutler @meedabyte Call with @meedabyte booked for Tuesday

[Denise Hearn @denisehearn_]

Exciting announcement + opportunity to collaborate with @longnow! Today we are launching Long Now Labs. Our inaugural Lab, Protocols of the Long Now, is a collaboration with the Protocol Institute. Read more + apply here: https://t.co/D8jzdPOVcs

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

Congrats to the Long Now team on their new initiative!

The Protocol Institute has partnered with the Long Now Foundation to help design its very first Lab – Protocols for the Long Now. It's a great time working with @denisehearn_ and @jameshome, who are bringing it to life.

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

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 being radically reshaped by frontier technologies.

-> Lab 001.1: Book of Time - An open call to submit a concept for a new way of marking, experiencing, or making sense of time.
-> Lab 001.2: Epistemic Cycles - Seeking an individual or team to investigate historical patterns of technological disruption that broke down society's ability to discern truth.
-> Lab 001.3: Interspecies Protocols - Exploring the protocols needed to support interspecies ecologies.

If you are a designer, researcher, writer, or technologist interested in the deep future, we want to hear from you. Submissions are now open.

Learn more about Labs and how to apply: https://t.co/meZmRDc8t2

[Edge City @JoinEdgeCity]

The Protocol Institute just launched, studying how protocols shape civilization.

Edge City has been part of this journey since 2024, hosting SoP sessions at our villages, including Edge Esmeralda and Edge City Lanna.

Congrats to @TimBeiko, @vgr, @tmbr_ss, and the rest of the team!

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

@spencerc99 @patrickc @tylercowen Nice!

[timbeiko.eth @TimBeiko]

Summer of Protocols is now the Protocol Institute, with @tmbr_ss at its helm☀️

Read the full announcement here: https://t.co/ZhvcUMUlXl

[trent.eth @trent_vanepps]

👀 next steps for what i think is an important project and wonderful group of people

[Kei @keikreutler]

The Protocol Institute launches today.

I've spent the past three years contributing to its predecessor, Summer of Protocols, and I'll keep my Memory Research Group work going under the new institute's banner. I'm really excited to see where it heads from here.

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

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[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

Some news:

[Timber Stinson-Schroff @tmbr_ss]

@theJayAlto This is @pwstaples

[Edge City @JoinEdgeCity]

How many of the best things in your life came from being in the right place at the right time?

This summer, we're creating that right place.

500+ frontier builders and thinkers for one month in Northern California.

Join us at Edge Esmeralda 2026.