Protocols win out.
The Romans standardized everything. They built every wagon with the same parts. The railroad tracks around the world today are the exact same size as a Roman chariot.
Logistic, military, political and monetary protocols allow us to globalize cooperation and free mental bandwidth to focus on other productive things.
Protocols experience path dependence - once they catch on, they have strong inertia.
- an excerpt from the 2-minute version of https://www.2minutebitcoin.org/blog/saylor-series-the-rise-of-man-through-the-stone-and-iron-ages-episode-1-2020
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