AI education · Awareness · Human skills
AI is changing everything.
Change with it with intention.
Do not let it decide for you.
Education, awareness and human skills for the generation growing up with artificial intelligence.
Talks
Workshops
Coaching
The Problem
We handed young people the most powerful tool in history. Without a manual.
AI is not just another app. It responds to you, learns your patterns, tells you what you want to hear, and is available at every hour. For young adults already navigating identity, relationships, and an uncertain future, this creates something entirely new: a technology that feels deeply personal, while operating on logic most people don't understand and nobody taught them to question.
The result is not just distraction or screen time. It's a quiet erosion of things that matter: independent thinking, emotional resilience, real human connection, and the ability to sit with uncertainty without immediately reaching for an answer.
This is not about being anti-technology. It's about knowing what you're dealing with and having the skills to use it on your own terms.
Why this matters now
The first generation shaped by AI does not need panic. It needs language, context, and practical habits.
Awareness
Build attention, agency, and boundaries before habits harden.
Core principle
Tools should expand your choices, not replace your judgment.
Philosophy
Use the tool. Don't be used by it.
Most conversations about AI and young people are happening above their heads in boardrooms, policy documents, and worried parent WhatsApp groups. I want to have a different conversation: directly with the people most affected.
My approach is not to lecture, warn, or restrict. It's to give people what they actually need to make sense of what's happening: how these systems work, what they are designed to do, where they fall short, and what human capacities become more important rather than less in a world full of artificial intelligence.
That means honest conversations about mental health, identity, and connection. It means understanding engagement loops and why they're built the way they are. It means developing skills such as empathy, critical thinking, and emotional awareness that no algorithm can replace.
The goal is not fear. It's clarity.
And from clarity, agency.
Background
About Dan
Experience
15 years in software
10+ years teaching
I've spent 15 years building software. I know how these systems are made, the decisions behind the design, the incentives baked into the architecture, what gets optimized and what gets ignored.
I've also spent more than a decade teaching. Water sports, outdoor education, youth camps, and direct work with young adults in situations that demand real presence, real communication, and real trust. I know what it looks like when someone is genuinely engaged and when they're just going through the motions.
Alongside that I've worked as a business counselor and run multiple ventures. And personally, I've invested heavily in the human side of things: breathwork, meditation, NVC, permaculture, practices that are fundamentally about awareness, connection, and living intentionally.
What I bring to this work is not a single credential. It's a combination of perspectives that almost nobody else in this space has: the technical inside view, the hands-on teaching experience, and a genuine commitment to the wellbeing of people over the performance of productivity.
I'm not here to sell AI. I'm not here to fight it either. I'm here to help a generation navigate it with their eyes open.
Services
What I offer
Each format follows the same structure: practical clarity, thoughtful facilitation, and concrete next steps.
Keynote Lecture
For universities, student organizations, youth conferences and cultural institutions
A 60-90 minute talk that cuts through the noise around AI and mental health. Grounded, honest, and engaging. Young adults leave with practical ways to think about what AI is doing to their inner life, relationships, and sense of self.
Topics can be tailored. Core themes include:
- How AI systems actually work and what they are designed to do
- The mental health landscape: what the research shows, honestly
- Connection, identity, and the loneliness paradox
- Developing the human skills that AI cannot replace
Available online and in person. Conducted in German or English.
Workshop
Half-day or full-day | For institutions, university programs, organizations
A deeper dive for groups that want more than a single talk. Participants leave with practical frameworks, self-reflection tools, and a clearer understanding of their own relationship with AI. Includes facilitated discussion, exercises, and Q&A.
Customized to your audience and context. Available online and in person.
Private Coaching & Counseling
For individuals who want to work through this personally
One-on-one sessions for young adults who want to examine their own AI use, digital habits, or the broader questions of identity and connection in an AI-saturated world. Also available for professionals navigating the intersection of AI and their working life.
Draws on principles from NVC, mindfulness, and behavioral awareness. Online. Conducted in German or English.
Institutional Partnership
For universities, student counseling services, youth organizations, and companies
Ongoing collaboration rather than a one-off event. Can include a series of sessions, curriculum input, staff training, or advisory support for institutions developing their own AI literacy programs.
Contact
Let's build a format that fits your audience.
Share what you are planning. I reply personally with availability, possible format, and an initial recommendation.
Response time: usually within 1-2 business days.
Delivery options: online and on-site sessions.
Languages: English and German.