In this talk Dr. Balick delves into the profound impact that digital technologies have on our sense of self. It explores how social media, algorithms, and AI are reshaping identity, amplifying differences, and increasing polarisation in ways that challenge social cohesion.

The International Psychoanalytic Association seems ready to announce its recognition of a ‘Fourth Region’ composed of training institutes in Asia. It is thus timely to take further an assessment of the implications of exporting psychoanalytic thinking to the non-Eurocentric cultures of Africa and Asia.