Index

                                     Contents 
series foreword                                             ix 
foreword: protocol is as protocol does by Eugene Thacker    xi 
preface                                                  xxiii 
acknowledgments                                            xxv 

I     How Control Exists after Decentralization              1 

  Introduction                                               2 
1 Physical Media                                            28 
2 Form                                                      54 
3 Power                                                     80 

II     Failures of Protocol                                117 

4 Institutionalization                                     118 

III    Protocol Futures                                    145 

5 Hacking                                                  146 
6 Tactical Media                                           174 
7 Internet Art                                             208 
  Conclusion                                               240 

about the author                                           247 
index                                                      249