Debate / dialogue

18 04, 2024

Mind and machine (Dvija Mehta, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2024-04-18T10:27:45-04:00April 18th, 2024|Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Why implanting computing chips into the brain can challenge our sense of self.

27 02, 2024

The humanities we know

By Humanities Watch|2024-02-28T05:33:49-05:00February 27th, 2024|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Politics, Quotes, STEM, Technology, Theater, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Talking about the launch of the new journal Public Humanities.

12 01, 2024

Corporate coup (Huck Gutman, Common Dreams)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-12T16:27:31-05:00January 12th, 2024|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities suffer in the challenge to corporate culture.

2 01, 2024

Humanities and the cloud of unknowing (Agnes Callard, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-12T16:14:58-05:00January 2nd, 2024|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science|0 Comments

Whether defending the humanities misses their essence.

26 12, 2023

AI and authenticity (Mark Brown, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2023-12-26T07:49:43-05:00December 26th, 2023|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Museums, News, painting|0 Comments

How AI abets authenticating a Raphael masterpiece.

11 12, 2023

The ethical quandary of AI (Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ)

By Humanities Watch|2023-12-11T14:29:30-05:00December 11th, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Everything Else, Language, mathematics, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How ethical concerns are in play in AI development.

30 10, 2023

The high rate of humanities employment (Humanities Indicators)

By Humanities Watch|2023-10-30T08:55:51-04:00October 30th, 2023|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, Politics, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A state-by-state US survey showing the strength of humanities jobs.

2 09, 2023

Anxiously seeking solutions (Julie Wernau and Andrea Petersen, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-09-02T19:30:36-04:00September 2nd, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Increased anxiety meets a new industry designed to address it.

10 06, 2023

Entertaining diversity with great books (Andrew Delbanco, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-10T10:51:42-04:00June 10th, 2023|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Libraries, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities can foster diversity by discussing great books.

16 05, 2023

The genome’s philosophical turn (David Cox, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-24T16:27:32-04:00May 16th, 2023|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

New debate over the degree that genetics shape our choices.