Glen Slater – AI, Posthumanism, and the Collapse of Inner Ecology
March 18, 2025 at 09:52AM
Abstract:
In Jung vs Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age, Glen Slater argues that humanity faces a post-industrial erosion of inner ecology. This existential crisis, following the collapse of outer ecological systems, involves radical changes in perception and thought, leading to a disconnection from deeper psychological life and the potential for human-machine hybridization. Alongside the benefits of technology, symptoms like misinformation, blurred boundaries between reality and virtual experiences, and rising anxiety, depression, and loneliness point to this inner divide, linked to the digital lifestyle. In this presentation, Slater will discuss how a dissociative consciousness and fragmented understanding of human nature underlie these issues and how Jung’s psychology offers both insight and a counterpoint to society’s focus on transformative technologies.
Bio:
Glen Slater, Ph.D. has taught for over twenty-five years at Pacifica Graduate Institute where he is the Associate Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Psychology Program. He has written articles and book chapters for Jungian publications, edited the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer (Spring Publications, 2005) and co-edited the essay collection, Varieties of Mythic Experience (Daimon-Verlag, 2008). His research and writing interests concern Jung and film, the psychology of religion, and depth psychology and technology. His book Jung vs. Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age (Winter Press/Spring Publications) was published in January, 2024.
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