April

5 04, 2016

Computers transform our knowledge of the past (James O’Malley, Little Atoms)

By |2016-04-08T08:40:13-04:00April 5th, 2016|2016, Academia, April, Europe, History, Literature, News, Religion, Technology|0 Comments

Computers transform our knowledge of the past. According to the author, computerized quantitative analysis offers insights that traditional historical study cannot. From the article: Huge swathes of our past are slowly but surely getting digitised as old books and scanned and organised. It stands to reason that surely once the historians get to work it [...]

3 04, 2016

Judgments about the arts: mind what you put in!

By |2016-11-02T11:52:14-04:00April 3rd, 2016|2016, April, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Quotes, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

Judgments about the arts: mind what you put in! Ben Jonson tells his audience how much they may assess what they see, depending on their means: It is further agreed that every person here have his or their free-will of censure, to like or dislike at their own charge, the playwright having now departed with [...]

3 04, 2016

A classics major adds value for engineering and STEM (Forbes)

By |2016-04-08T08:38:27-04:00April 3rd, 2016|2016, April, Economics, Employment, Everything Else, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A classics major adds value for engineering and STEM: a profile of Tim O'Reilly, who brings classical ethics and eloquence to the world of technology. From the article: O’Reilly has a deep understanding of how knowledge should disseminate in a society, and how best to make that happen.... Building a knowledge community is an art, [...]

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