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Carien Human

South African counselling psychologist in private practice in Linden, Johannesburg, and resident guest industrial psychologist on the First Principle Thinking podcast.

Aug 24, 2026

8:39
Can you maybe start with that? Um, what your thoughts are on that.
8:46
I think it's, um, a very human need to be known or understood, or at least, at the very least, listened to.
8:58
And I think one of the fun things with on, like, surface level, not even... we're not even talking businesses, but just a random guy in his bedroom trying to use AI, it's immediately available.
9:12
It'll respond immediately.
9:14
It remembers some things that you've told it before.
9:17
It, it brings that in, which makes you feel like, whoa, somebody's actually listening, and everything I've said is important.
9:26
It validates you, which I think is a tricky thing to talk about.

16 MINS LATER

25:46
Yeah.

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