Thinking Out Loud

AI & Agents · June 2026

Building AI Agents Is the Easy Part

Anyone can spin up an agent in a weekend. Running it in production, keeping it trustworthy, integrating it with the enterprise — that's where the real value lives. Why AI doesn't kill SaaS. It makes the right kind of SaaS dramatically more valuable.

Legal & AI · May 2026

Your Firm Is Sitting on Its Only Real AI Advantage

Every firm is shopping for the same AI tools — the same Westlaw integration, the same contract review engines, the same Anthropic legal suite. The real advantage is the one thing those tools can't give you: your institutional knowledge, turned into something that compounds.

AI & Agents · May 2026

25 Predictions About the AI Agent Economy

Agents are becoming buyers. Memory is the new moat. Most expertise was just memory. Twenty-five predictions about how AI agents are reshaping work, knowledge, relationships, and leadership — from months of building agentic infrastructure.

Legal & AI · May 2026

Every Law Firm Now Needs an AI Lead. Most Don't Have One.

Anthropic just released the most comprehensive AI legal toolkit ever built — twelve practice-area plugins, twenty+ integrations, all free and open source. The firms that hire someone to actually implement it will compound an advantage their competitors spend years trying to close.

Operations & AI · April 2026

The Future of Work Is Already Here: What a Fully Agentic Company Actually Looks Like

What happens when you build a company around domain experts, each supported by specialized AI agents running on a mix of local and cloud-based models. The operating model for what comes next.

Regulation & Liability · March 2026

Regulatory Convergence: The Structural Reckoning for Children's Technology

Courts awarding $375M verdicts. Congress advancing KOSA. States suing social media. COPPA 2.0 enforcement begins April 22. This is structural change, not incremental shift.

Policy & Opportunity · March 2026

Why the AAP Mandate Changes Everything for Children's Media

Pediatricians must now screen for digital media health at every well-child visit. 90-100 million visits annually. Zero standardized tools exist. This is an infrastructure gap and an opportunity.

Systems & Prevention · March 2026

Mental Health Is a Population Health Crisis

We've spent $2B+ on children's behavioral health while pediatric mental health ER visits are up 150%. The paradox: 95% goes to treatment, not prevention. The infrastructure gap explained.

Science & Design · March 2026

The Science of Bedtime: How Co-Regulation Became Our Design Constraint

When a parent reads to a child at bedtime, their heart rates synchronize. This isn't poetry — it's physiology. What co-regulation science reveals about media design, and how it changed how we build.

Law & Regulation · March 2026

Algorithm Design Is Now Product Liability: What Every Tech Leader Needs to Know

Courts are treating algorithm design as defective product design. With COPPA 2.0 enforcement arriving April 22, 2026, the legal window for "we didn't know" is closed.

Policy & Systems · March 2026

The Real Cost of Waiting: Why Preventive Mental Health Infrastructure Can't Wait

We're spending billions treating children's mental health crises that were preventable. The economic case for building preventive mental health infrastructure — and what it actually needs to look like.

Neuroscience of Parenting · February 2026

The Science of Holding: How Physical Connection Wires the Brain

Physical touch isn't just comforting — it's architecturally essential for the developing brain. From Polyvagal Theory to oxytocin, here's the neuroscience of why holding matters.

Parenting & Tech · February 2026

5 Screen Time Truths Every Modern Parent Needs to Know

Forget the guilt. It's not about how much time kids spend on screens — it's about what they're doing, who they're with, and how it fits into their broader life.

Design · February 2026

The Design Problem Nobody's Talking About

Focusing on screen time ignores the fundamental issue: design. It’s not just about how long a child stares at a screen; it’s about what that screen is doing back to them.

Builder's Log · February 2026

Why We Built an Assessment That Talks to You

The best way to understand a human problem is to have a conversation about it. Why we built a conversational AI assessment for Mindful Media.

Legal Strategy · February 2026

Why Law Firms Need Children's Media Experts (Not Just More Lawyers)

The children's digital safety cases are won on expertise, not just legal theory. Why multidisciplinary knowledge is the real advantage.

Design · January 2026

What Ethical Design Actually Means for Children's Products

Everyone claims to design ethically. Few can define it. A practical framework for what ethical design looks like when your users are kids.

Litigation · January 2026

The Children's Social Media Litigation Wave, Explained

Thousands of lawsuits. Billions in potential liability. A breakdown of the legal landscape reshaping how tech companies design for young users.

Regulation · January 2026

What Every EdTech Company Needs to Know About COPPA 2.0 in 2026

The updated Children's Online Privacy Protection Act changes everything for EdTech. Here's what the new rules mean, who's affected, and how to get ahead of enforcement.