Jesse Diamani

Jesse Damiani is the Founder & Host of the Urgent Futures Podcast, a Senior Curator for Nxt Realtime at Nxt Museum, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California.

Jesse specializes in unpacking complex technologies such as XR, AI, Blockchain, and IoT, and exploring emerging futures through writing, curation, and advising.

Jesse developed the concept of Postreality to describe the contemporary reality paradigm and hosts the Urgent Futures Podcast, which delves into critical ideas from interdisciplinary experts. Jesse also serves as an Arts & Culture Advisor at Protocol Labs and is a Contributor for Forbes.

Additionally, Jesse teaches "Creative Critical AI" at USC and new media art studio coursework emphasizing critical and ethical approaches to technology at Chapman University.

Jesse's work is currently focused on reality creation, climate emergency, post-growth economics, and sensemaking polycrisis and metacrisis, as explored through the podcast and the Reality Studies newsletter.

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