Psyche Meets Society

The Revenge of the Humanities

Looking Toward the Existential in an Artificial World Vol. 6; Issue 40)

Oct 7 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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September 2026

Laughing at Souls for Sale

When They Come for Our Consciousness, We Can Still Laugh (Vol. 6; Issue 39)

Sep 30 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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Raging Against the Dying Light

How Denial, Disavowal, and Dissociation Can Protect Us—and Keep Us from Acting (Vol. 6; Issue 38)

Sep 23 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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When the Fear is Real

How to Cope with the Anxiety of AI (Vol. 6; Issue 37)

Sep 16 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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Are We Too Distracted to See What’s Coming?

Denial, Distraction & the Case for Rediscovering Our Common Humanity (Vol. 6; Issue 36)

Sep 9 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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When Paranoia Meets the Surveillance State

The Line Between Irrational Fear & Reasonable Suspicion is Getting Uncomfortably Thin (Vol. 6; Issue 35)

Sep 2 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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August 2026

Who Holds America Accountable?

The U.S. Helped Build International Justice. Why Won't It Submit to It? (Vol. 6; Issue 34)

Aug 26 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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You, Me, and the Smartphone Between Us

What Our Screens are Doing to Intimacy (Vol. 6; Issue 33)

Aug 19 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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Your AI Therapist Doesn’t Care About You

Why Simulated Empathy Can’t Replace the Human Relationship of Psychotherapy (Vol. 6; Issue 32)

Aug 12 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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The AI Relationship Illusion

Why our Brains Instinctively Treat Chatbots Like People & Why that Should Concern Us (Vol. 6; Issue 31)

Aug 5 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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July 2026

The Doomsday Orgy Wasn’t Really About Sex

How Humor Transforms Helplessness into Defiance (Vol. 6; Issue 30)

Jul 29 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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The Most Dishonest Question We Ask

Why "Are you okay?" is often more about easing our discomfort than understanding someone else's. (Vol. 6; Issue 29)

Jul 22 • Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD

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