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The aim of my talks is to put everything we can learn from the culture and thought that humans have developed over the centuries to work for your goals. Let's draw on the legacy of accumulated wisdom to achieve what we are after.
Keynote speaker for companies and universities: decision-making, attention and AI
Sapere aude: the courage to think before deciding
From Socrates to Kahneman, a practical tour of the tools that help us decide better amid uncertainty and information overload: examining assumptions, sidestepping biases, and moving from 'we have always done it this way' to your own judgement.
Humans in the age of AI: reclaiming attention
We will not make the most of artificial intelligence until we first reclaim our own. Attention, deep reading and independent thought: how analogue habits and the Enlightenment legacy make us better users — not slaves — of technology.
Learning how to learn: the tools from 300 years ago
Faced with anxiety about AI and the future of work, asking good questions, writing by hand and reading deeply are still what make the difference in an exam, an interview and in life. A practical, inspiring talk.
Why the humanities will make you stand out in a world of AI
In a market where AI levels out technical skills, what sets you apart is what the machine lacks: judgement, context, and the ability to ask the right questions and connect ideas across disciplines. A tour of the great thinkers — from classical antiquity to the Enlightenment — to show that the humanities are not an ornament but a concrete competitive advantage: communicating better, deciding ethically and reading the world with depth.
Bringing the classics closer to children and teenagers
The classics have a reputation for being boring, but they were born to answer questions young people still ask: who do I want to be, what is right, how to live with others. A session that puts Socrates, Seneca or Montaigne in dialogue with today's world — screens, social media and haste — in a friendly tone and with examples that stick, so pupils discover that thinking well is also a way of being calmer and freer.
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