Whitepapers
Versioned long-form research papers by Scott Jellen and Jellen Protocol Lab. These publications develop structural models, protocol concepts, institutional frameworks, and failure-class analyses across media, education, labor, rights infrastructure, public systems, and cultural memory.
The Shorter Working Life: Transition Simulation
A Twelve-Year Institutional Scenario for Reducing Required Lifetime Labor
Published
The Shorter Working Life: Implementation Outline
Institutional Pathways for Reducing Required Lifetime Labor
Published
The Shorter Working Life
A Framework for Reducing Required Lifetime Labor
Published
The Universal Sports Graph
A Protocol for Rights, Reach, and Real-Time Access
Published
The Content Layer
A Constitutional Upgrade to the Browser Start Page
Published Updated
Minimum Viable Classroom
Blueprint for Universal Access to Quality Learning in America
Published
The Shadow Subscription
How Netflix Turns Non-Subscribers Into a Revenue Stream
Published Updated
Less Than Net Zero
What Happens When America Makes Electricity Free?
Published Updated
Artificial Enhanced Experience Advertising
Turning Narrative-Driven Localized Ads Into Real-World Transactions
Published Updated
The $1,000 Problem / The $750 Solution
How Car Companies Could Solve Ownership's Hidden Cost Trap
Published Updated
The Fourth Act
How Theaters Could Host the Next Era of Storytelling
Published Updated
The Hybrid Season
A Scheduling Reframe for the NBA, Its Partners, and Its Fans
Published Updated
The Sports Spin-Off
A Long-Term Hedging Strategy for Higher Ed Institutions Facing Demographic Decline
Published Updated