What's Possible From Here

Performing as Human in 2026: AI's latest twist on 200 years of Mediated Presence

An abridged history of performing for audiences you cannot see, and the new wrinkle in it. Competing against GenAI now, development of theories of…

May 29 • Jesse Parent

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Twentieth-century dreams, on a long enough timeline

Busted Bundles ft. remixes and samples from the cultural phenomenon "You did what you were Told, but the Deal didn't Hold"

May 16 • Jesse Parent

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April 2026

Reading Levin’s New Vocabulary Alongside Krakauer’s Complexity: Ingressing Minds and Teleonomic Matter

Part One in a multipart series reconciling Krakauer & Levin's research programs and theoretical compatibility.

Apr 20 • Jesse Parent

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March 2026

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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