Language and the sciences
How language lends itself to the sciences.
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The peasant and the vine
Seeing how useful the vine was, the peasant supported it at a height with many props. Then, once he had harvested its grapes, he raised the stakes and let it fall, building a fire with the props. Leonardo da Vinci, Fables
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Love and moral progress
If genuine love for a young man or for a woman does not seek witnesses, but reaps its harvest of pleasure even if it fulfills its desires in secret, then it is even more likely that someone who loves goodness and wisdom, who is intimate and involved with virtue because of his actions, will be [...]
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10, 2015
Socrates on the periphery
That Socrates knew how to speak from the periphery to encounter the riddles of life.
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10, 2015
Rabbits and hares
The rabbit said to the hare: "Hey there, you're always doing nothing and sleeping. Are you doing that in order to appear contemplative?" "And you," the hare said, "are you doing nothing by always working?" The rabbit replied, "As long as both of us, therefore, wish to appear to have little leisure, we follow our natures. It [...]
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10, 2015
Liberal Arts and Cutting-Edge Work (Fast Company, September 2015)
How can you study what you love—say, classical Persian poetry—and still get a job when you graduate, not to mention a career for the long-term?
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10, 2015
Liberal arts grads are joining the tech workforce more rapidly than technical grads (LinkedIn, August 2015)
In our modern work economy, people have more opportunities and resources to get the job they want; what matters the most is what people do to get those jobs.
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10, 2015
That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket (Forbes, August 2015)
People without a tech degree may already be benefiting the most from tech’s boom.
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09, 2015
Stop reading: Duke Huan and Pien the Wheelwright
How can we learn from the writings of dead sages?
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09, 2015
Applying the humanities in corporate and technological realms (Geoff Colvin, Salon, August 2015)
Combining technical knowledge with the skills built by study of the humanities is the ideal