Jes Parent | Between Worlds

Design Is the New Tobacco, Architecture as Liability | Meta & YouTube Verdicts

This week's social media rulings actually established, and why anyone building technology should be paying attention.

Mar 26 • Jesse Parent

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Yes, It Is Dangerous to Go Alone

On affirming what we were not able to hand the next generation, and why it's worth saying out loud

Mar 20 • Jesse Parent

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Vibe Coding Grew Up. Now It’s Designing.

Google Stich: What happens when the interface is just... describing what you want

Mar 19 • Jesse Parent and Bridgecraft

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Dressed as Disruption: Everyone's Wearing It This Quarter, In Wake of Dorsey's Block Cuts

Dorsey's Block Cuts | Markets reward the AI transformation narrative. They punish admissions of mismanagement. That incentive structure is doing a lot…

Mar 15 • Jesse Parent and Bridgecraft

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Big Tech Bets: The Competitor No One Puts in the Pitch Deck

On the real competitive question facing AI startups and the companies deciding whether to buy from them

Mar 15 • Jesse Parent and Bridgecraft

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The Rise of Meaning-Shaped Interactions

When the shape of thought replaces thought itself

Mar 4 • Jesse Parent

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February 2026

Institutions Built for Steel Mills Are Governing AI

The Anthropic-Pentagon standoff, the epistemology of “all lawful use,” and what happens when governance infrastructure can’t keep pace with the…

Feb 27 • Jesse Parent

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2025: Year in Review

Supporting researchers, cultivating ecosystems, and clarifying the upstream work this moment demands

Published on JOPRO • Feb 19

October 2025

Why Can Crows Use Sticks But Robots Struggle With Their Own Bodies? Natural v Artificial Embodied Intelligence

Notes from Foresight Institute's discussion with Michael Levin, Josh Bongard, and Tarin Ziyaee

Oct 1, 2025 • Jesse Parent

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September 2025

Ignoring the youth as they enter a world full of ethical debt

A passing note on intergenerational differences in awareness, exposure, and agency around what's going on in the world.

Sep 24, 2025 • Jesse Parent

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Old Clout, Dead Maps, and the Illusion of Rigor

A brief airing of grievances about some trends in the futurist camp.

Sep 23, 2025 • Jesse Parent

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America: September 2025

Commentary on one facet of the moral landscape of this moment

Sep 13, 2025 • Jesse Parent

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