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 # Agora Protocol
 
+- a [[convention]].
+	- [[text based]]. you can use it anywhere you can write down text; no special format requirements.
+	- you can [[use wikilinks]]. this expresses the intention to use the [[wiki protocol]], of which the Agora is a special case.
+	- you can then use them with an explicit [[intention]], that of being in an Agora
+		- an Agora is a virtual space you can define in any way you want as long as it is [[explicit]] and by default [[public]].
+		- each Agora publishes a set of definitions of intention as expressed by its [[users]].
+		- this Agora is [[rational]], [[pro social]] and [[heterarchical]].
 - a [[protocol]]
 	- see also [[agora exchange format]].
 	- [[plain text]] plus [[wikilinks]] as layer 0 (bootstrapping layer).
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+# governance layer
+
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+# 2021-08-05
+
+- does [[foam]] have [[orphan node]] detection?
+  - https://twitter.com/MichaelCarducci/status/1423281147841105923
+- [[agora protocol]]
+  - [[heterarchy]]
+- [[izzy swart]]
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+# 2021-08-06
+
+-
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