# Protocol Protocol is a shared communication agreement: a named sequence of expressions, describing actions across real and virtual spaces to be performed to a completion. It is always about the organization of a potentiality space, about creating and organizing a space of potential action and thought. We think politics has moved on the level of protocols. It is the only way to organize and govern in the condition of the arbitrary sign (semiotic inflation; post-truth). For more see, Franco Berardi & Akseli Virtanen (2013): [How to govern without meaning?](https://hackmd.io/@econaut6/B133TY0N2) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://glossary.ecsa.io/protocol.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.