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The process of formulating, promulgating, and implementing a major new paradigm for civilization is, in many ways, a relatively rare and unique process. But for convenience, we can liken some aspects of it to the functions of standards bodies like the International Standards Organization (ISO), the IEEE Standards Association, the IETF, and the W3C. Folks with these organizations become familiar with certain technologies and issue specifications for goods and services to meet

It's to be expected that the character and motives of those supporting profound changes may be questioned. In our habitual loyalties to habitual systems, we can tend to feel suspicious of reforms. Understandably so - we've assimilated and internalized habits and systems that have allowed us to survive and, to some degree, flourish, up to this point. The new is the relatively unknown, the untested - we can naturally be unsure how compatible or incompatible profound reforms wil