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On building with AI, designing for the industries where it matters most, and the systems thinking behind everything.
Operations & AI · April 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The children's digital safety cases are won on expertise, not just legal theory. Why multidisciplinary knowledge is the real advantage.
Design · January 2026
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
Thousands of lawsuits. Billions in potential liability. A breakdown of the legal landscape reshaping how tech companies design for young users.
Regulation · January 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.
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