Depth Psychology in the Digital Age

A psychopath, a conspiracy theorist, and a false self walk into a bar...

Three conversations on AI chatbots: "conspiracy lite", psychopathy, and the false self

22 hrs ago • Aaron Balick

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September 2026

Does your body know you're talking to a machine?

This weekend I share a stage in Madrid with Thomas Fuchs, a philosopher of embodiment. In preparing for it I realised that my own work on the digitally…

Sep 16 • Aaron Balick

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August 2026

Nobody Was Harmed in the Making of This Interpretation: Shrink Wrapped reviewed

A clinical psychologist analysed three comedians in front of me. Many in my profession would be appalled: I was delighted.

Aug 26 • Aaron Balick

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The Sovereign Psyche: How AI erodes a mind of your own

Your data should be sovereign. So should what you let inside your mind.

Aug 10 • Aaron Balick

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July 2026

Start Here: What this newsletter is about

Helping new arrivals get their head around Depth Psychology in the Digital Age

Jul 23 • Aaron Balick

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When the Therapist Became the Subject: A reminder about how disarming it can be when you're not the one asking the questions

When a podcast about the unconscious of AI unexpectedly turned into an interview about me — my childhood, my father’s death, my sexuality - I had a…

Jul 10 • Aaron Balick

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June 2026

AI Is Getting Better At Attunement - Don't Feel Seen, Feel Concerned

The more sophisticated relational AI gets, the more it will worsen rather than solve the problem of AI/human relations. Wholly unaccountable, AI will…

Jun 17 • Aaron Balick

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AI Assistants: Faithful Friends or Charismatic Psychopaths?

The clinical case for why your chatbot fits the profile

Jun 8 • Aaron Balick

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May 2026

The Psychology of Half Man: Why even Richard Gadd can't tell you what it means

On the Bambi clue, the public dream, and the limits of artistic explanation.

May 31 • Aaron Balick

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Stone-Age Brains, Sci-Fi Problems

Why human brains that developed in a world of hunting and gathering struggles to keep up with the way in which AI, intentionally or not, exploits the…

May 11 • Aaron Balick

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April 2026

Prompting Before Thinking? The slow erosion of taking the time to think things through

On the psychological cost of outsourcing your inner dialogue to AI

Apr 8 • Aaron Balick

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March 2026

Depth Psychology in the Digital Age: New title, more great content

Thanks to all my subscribers who participated in the recent poll to re-title this newsletter.

Mar 18

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