Jes Parent on Substack

America: September 2025

Commentary on one facet of the moral landscape of this moment

Sep 13 • 

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A Beacon for Philosopher-Builders | AugLab Summit at MIT

Event takeaways, the 2025 zeitgeist, and JOPRO’s next twelve months.

Sep 1 • 

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June 2025

Cost of Indecision: The invisible tax leaders impose with poor decision strategy (FHTT)

Diagnosing quality decisions + reflections on a grand-daddy bottleneck that causes people to quit, projects to fail, and companies to diminish

Jun 22 • 

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A note on Community & Leadership in the Wake of Stability

Navigating leadership, belief, and belonging in a time of upheaval: why steadiness, reconsideration, and accompaniment matter in 2025.

Jun 11 • 

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Assembly (Still) Required: clarity, collaboration, and courage in a world full of noise

Latest version of my periodic PSA testifying that choices matter and informed alternative crafting is the name of the game.

Jun 5 • 

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Lifespans and Timescales: Designing for Resilience, Relevance, and Regeneration

Equipping the Longevity Generation with Destination Discernment and the Architecture of Enduring Flourishing

Jun 2 • 

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May 2025

"Treat Sunday night like a career dashboard, check your pulse at 8 PM" - Sunday Scaries as Diagnostics

Reflection on Sunday Night KPI advice from Greg Isenberg that has broad applicability to our ventures, communities, and personal lives.

May 19 • 

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Notes: MIT's Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing Symposium 2025

Notes from the year-end showcase event on Bias, Deliberation, and the Future of Ethical Computing.

May 13 • 

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Iteration Beats Stagnation, Momentum as a Better Beacon Than "Progress"

What innovation leaders and teams can do when clarity is scarce, timelines are fuzzy, and forward motion is hard to come by.

May 5 • 

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April 2025

First Time on a Panel? Advice on how to make the most of speaking opportunities for newbies

Tips for those venturing into the role of a speaker, and how to manage uncertainty in conversation - when and how to facilitate a great panel…

Apr 11 • 

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Applying to Google Summer of Code: Top Tips from a Multi-Year GSoC Mentor

Dos and Don'ts from over five years within the GSoC program. Part 1 in a series of Google Summer of Code topics: this time, advice for Contributors on…

Apr 11 • 

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March 2025

Success: not at what cost, but to what end?

What Kind of Success Are We Pursuing? A brief unpacking the values and visions that guide our destinations. Part 1 in a series on re-considering how…

Mar 26 • 

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