For a method, a protocol, thought about and done by you, what’s a “you”? What kinds of smaller entities may cooperate to carry out a procedure? Try this: pick up a cup of tea . Imagine that your GRASPING agents want to keep hold of the cup, your BALANCING agents want to keep the tea from spilling out, your THIRST agents want you to drink the tea, and your MOVING agents want to get the cup to your lips.