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24 08, 2022

Those useless humanities degrees again (CNBC)

By Humanities Watch|2022-08-24T13:57:00-04:00August 24th, 2022|Academia, business, education, Employment, Everything Else, Philosophy, poetry, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Videos|0 Comments

Business journalists comment on the value of higher education one more time.

10 12, 2019

The humanities beyond ‘useless’ self-reflection (Karen E. Spierling, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

By Humanities Watch|2019-12-09T19:49:22-05:00December 10th, 2019|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science|0 Comments

Asserting the usefulness of the humanities, apart from moneymaking.

21 01, 2018

Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-08T10:40:11-04:00January 21st, 2018|Arts, Asia, Everything Else, History, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

What is "useless" serves to remind us of our humanity.

5 03, 2017

Are the humanities “useless”? If so, do they still provide a use?

By Humanities Watch|2017-03-08T22:33:27-05:00March 5th, 2017|2017, Asia, Debate / dialogue, Language, March, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

Are the humanities "useless"? If so, do they still provide a use? Said Hui Shih to Chuang-tzu: “These sayings of yours are useless.” “It is only with people who know about the useless that there is any point in talking about uses. In all the immensity of heaven and earth, a man uses no more than [...]

5 10, 2016

Is education useless?

By Humanities Watch|2019-12-10T07:58:22-05:00October 5th, 2016|2016, Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Observations, October, Philosophy, science, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Education is useless (or rather: is education useless?): a neighborly discussion about what’s worth learning, and where one should learn what's needed -- or useful -- for life. Crimpet: Hello, neighbor. Crumpet: Why are you so happy, Crimpet? You look like you won the office pool. Crimpet: Nothing as wonderful as that. But I’m glad to [...]

3 10, 2015