| Protocolsstandards & coordination | Preferencesaggregated wants | Rightsformal entitlements & adjudication | Incentivesstructured payoffs | Expertisecredentialed epistemic authority | Normsbehavioral expectations | Thick Commitmentsarticulated shared understanding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyadic2 parties | Ancient-digitalHandshake protocols & shared formats | Ancient / customaryNegotiation & bargaining | Ancient / customaryMediation & fair dealing | Ancient-medievalContracts & escrow | Ancient / customaryMentorship & apprenticeship | Ancient / customarySocial conventions | Ancient / customaryVows & covenants |
| Groupteams, clubs | 20th c.Team protocols & workflows | Medieval-20th c.Committee voting & prediction markets | Medieval-industrialBylaws & grievance boards | Ancient-21st c.Value-based care, bounties & risk-sharing pools | 17th-20th c.Peer review & quality circles | Ancient / customaryTeam culture & unwritten rules | 17th-20th c.Community covenants & intentional communities |
| Communityorgs, cities | 20th c.Technical standards bodies (W3C, IEEE) | 19th-21st c.Cooperatives, participatory budgets & local markets | Ancient-modernMunicipal codes & local courts | Ancient-20th c.Commons governance, quotas & access pricing | Medieval-20th c.Universities, licensing boards & professional associations | Ancient-20th c.Professional codes of conduct | 20th c.Mission-driven orgs |
| Nationalstates, nations | 20th c.National standards agencies (NIST, DIN) | Ancient-20th c.Elections and citizen assemblies | 18th-20th c.Constitutions, courts & judiciary | 20th c.Spectrum auctions, cap-and-trade & tax policy | 20th c.Regulatory agencies (FDA, BaFin) | Ancient-20th c.Legal codes & regulatory norms | 18th-20th c.Substantive constitutions & founding value documents |
| Globaltransnational | 20th c.ISO standards & internet protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) | 21st c.Social media recommender systems | 17th-20th c.Int'l law, treaties & tribunals | Ancient-20th c.Consumer markets, labor income & multilateral trade rules | 20th c.Expert panels & assessment bodies (IPCC, WHO) | 17th-20th c.Diplomatic protocols & soft-law norms | Ancient-medievalReligious orders & global faith traditions |
| Methodsdesign practices | Protocol designStandards developmentInteroperability testing | Electoral system designAuction designPreference elicitationDeliberative process design | Constitutional designDispute system designLegislative draftingComparative institutional analysis | Mechanism designMarket designMatching market designMetrology | Accreditation | Regulatory designLegislative drafting | Values articulation methodsHermeneuticsCase canon designAlignment writing |