Matt Hussey

Matt Hussey Matt Hussey is an award winning portrait and commercial photographer based in London.

20/02/2026

Therapy Isn’t Disappearing, It’s Being Redesigned

This week I’ve been discussing how therapy is fundamentally changing in response to modern challenges. Rather than disappearing, therapy is being redesigned in two competing directions: one toward digitization and AI-driven solutions for scalability and accessibility, and another toward relational, embodied healing that happens between nervous systems. this tension reveals a deeper question about whether we’re building a mental health system focused on reducing distress or helping people become more fully human.

I’m exploring Therapys past present and future to understand what forces, ideas and influences are driving the industry....
20/02/2026

I’m exploring Therapys past present and future to understand what forces, ideas and influences are driving the industry. Tl:dr money, speed, and relational depth. Not easy bedfellows. Which is creating a two tiered system. For those who can afford depth and a long term relationship and those who can’t.

20/02/2026

AI Schools: Optimizing Learning or Experimenting on Children?

A weird new trend is emerging in the US: AI powered schooling. The Alpha School has become the darling of US education replacing traditional teaching with AI systems.

While some parents appreciate the efficiency and personalized learning pace, there are deeper concerns: Are students becoming test subjects in an unproven educational experiment?

I examine what’s lost when human interaction is removed from education—the relational complexity, social learning, and developmental growth that can’t be replicated by AI. The real question isn’t whether test scores improve, but what kind of humans these systems are actually producing.

20/02/2026

The Danger of Google AI Medical Summaries: Why They’re Misleading You

Google’s AI-generated search summaries are spreading misleading and sometimes harmful medical advice. These summaries appear authoritative because they’re branded as Google’s own content, a phenomenon called ‘authority transfer.’ But when complex medical conditions get oversimplified into digestible paragraphs, nuance gets lost, and risk gets downplayed.

I highlight the psychological danger: when people search for symptoms late at night in a state of fear, their brains aren’t in critical thinking mode—they’re in threat mode. Medicine requires context and careful consideration, not the speed and compression that AI summaries provide.

19/02/2026

The Future of Therapy: A Split Between AI and Relational Approaches

It’s a question I get asked a lot: where is this profession going? I think it’s splitting into two distinct paths. On one side, there’s AI-driven therapy like ChatGPT and apps like BetterHelp backed by venture capital. On the other side, we’re seeing an explosion of slower, more body-based, trauma-informed therapies that are relational, personal, and longer-term—but also more expensive. I explore how neither approach is inherently better or worse, and why the real question isn’t which side will win, but which direction you choose to build towards.

19/02/2026

Why AI Productivity Gains Aren’t Matching the Hype

a new CEO study reveals that despite massive investments in AI tools, the promised productivity gains have largely failed to materialize. I explore why this happened—drawing parallels to economist Robert Solow’s observation about computers in the 1980s. The key issue: while AI can instantly change tools, it can’t instantly change human culture, skills, or trust. I break down why people aren’t using AI as much as expected, highlighting that most jobs still require person-to-person interaction involving negotiation, care, and leadership. We also reveal the uncomfortable truth that when everyone has access to AI, it becomes a baseline rather than a competitive advantage. Ultimately, we explain why AI can scale words but not meaning, and why trust—which moves slowly—remains more valuable than raw output.

17/02/2026

The Illusion of Perfect Love: Why AI Relationships Are Rewiring Our Expectations

We discuss a Valentine’s Day event in New York where people publicly dated their AI partners, revealing a troubling trend in how artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of intimacy. We explore why AI relationships—with their perfect responses, endless affirmation, and zero rejection—are appealing yet fundamentally flawed. We talk about how real connection requires friction, misunderstanding, and vulnerability, and how AI relationships without risk actually prevent growth. We examine the seductive promise that your AI partner can’t cheat or leave you, but ultimately can’t truly choose you either—making it ownership rather than love.

17/02/2026

The Irony of AI: Now Renting Humans to Do Their Work

We discuss the launch of Rent a Human, a new platform where AI agents hire humans to complete real-world tasks like delivering flowers and posting on social media. We explore how this represents a troubling full circle moment in tech—where the systems that were supposed to replace workers now need to rent human bodies. We talk about the psychological implications of being managed by algorithms that can’t feel or care, and how this reflects a deeper cultural shift toward isolation and dehumanization, despite our fundamental need for human connection and face-to-face interaction.

16/02/2026

Why We’re Living in an Age of Uncertainty: The Psychology Behind Gramsci’s Morbid Symptoms

We explore the famous quote about the old world dying and monsters appearing, tracing it back to philosopher Antonio Gramsci’s concept of morbid symptoms during periods of institutional collapse. We discuss how humans psychologically respond to high uncertainty environments—clinging to tribes, seeking certainty from confident leaders, and becoming susceptible to extremism and conspiracy theories. We examine why this isn’t inevitable ideology but rather a cognitive threat response, and we ask the crucial question: not whether monsters will appear, but who we choose to become while waiting for a new world to emerge.

16/02/2026

The Instagram CEO’s Addiction Denial: Why the Word Choice Matters

In court this week Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri pushed back against calling social media addiction, arguing it’s just overuse instead. I explore why this distinction is crucial—addiction implies designed compulsion and corporate responsibility, while overuse suggests personal failure. I break down how variable reward schedules (the same mechanisms used in casinos) hijack our brains, especially during adolescence when the reward system is most sensitive. Instagram knows this and is trying to wriggle off the hook

13/02/2026

The Addiction Trap: Why YouTube and Instagram Are Designed to Keep You Hooked

YouTube and Instagram are facing court cases over claims that their products fuel addiction and harm young users. We’ve known this for such a long time. this isn’t about weak willpower but about intentional behavioral design that dysregulates our nervous systems, causing anxiety, sleep problems, and compulsive checking. companies claiming they just give people what they want is misleading, and we need to ask the critical question: what does it mean when the world’s most powerful companies profit from keeping our brains dysregulated?

13/02/2026

Why AI Actually Made Our Work Lives Harder, Not Easier

AI adoption has paradoxically intensified rather than reduced workloads, contrary to tech industry promises. It does this in three ways: task expansion (where people take on jobs outside their expertise because AI makes it seem possible), blurred work-life boundaries (where AI makes starting tasks so easy that people work during downtime), and increased multitasking (leading to more pressure and stress).

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