Christian Dunker
Christian Dunker is a Full Professor at USP's Institute of Psychology, in the Department of Clinical Psychology. He obtained his Habilitation in Clinical Psychology after completing his Post-Doctorate at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an Analyst Member of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Lacanian Field Forum and coordinator of USP's Laboratory of Social Theory, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. He was twice awarded the Jabuti Prize for "Structure and Constitution of Psychoanalytic Practice" (Annablume, 2010) and "Malaise, Suffering and Symptom" (Boitempo, 2015), and is co-author of "The Clown and the Psychoanalyst - How Listening to Others Can Transform Lives", published by Planeta.
Hijacked Attention: Purpose and Well-being in the Scroll Era
With algorithms, ready-made answers, external goals and constant comparisons, the question about the meaning of life remains open. Technology has accelerated our capacity to produce, measure, respond and track everything in real time — but it has also amplified the noise. Living has become performing, optimizing, reacting, being always available. But when innovation demands immediate attention, what happens to that which needs time to make sense?