Debate / dialogue Archives

20 01, 2025

Nourishing the humanities’ growth

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-25T16:32:15-05:00January 20th, 2025|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, March, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM|0 Comments

An interview with Phoebe Stein of the State Humanities Councils on recognizing and supporting public humanities.

11 01, 2025

AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-12T09:49:15-05:00January 11th, 2025|Academia, April, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, March, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.

2 12, 2024

December fables for the present time.

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-02T13:57:59-05:00December 2nd, 2024|Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Law, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, Writing|0 Comments

From dogs to monkeys, fables speak for themselves.

12 11, 2024

Know-how and unlearning

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-27T09:48:51-05:00November 12th, 2024|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, Religion, STEM|0 Comments

Reflections on Humanities Watch's ninth anniversary.

13 10, 2024

Columbus the wanderer (Sam Jones and Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2024-10-13T09:31:41-04:00October 13th, 2024|Academia, Central / South America, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, News, Politics, Religion, STEM|0 Comments

Researchers claim that DNA documents Columbus's Jewish ancestry.

7 07, 2024

The novel brain (Carol Clark, Emory University eScienceCommons)

By Humanities Watch|2024-07-07T13:58:59-04:00July 7th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Language, News, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Greater engagement with language and with other lives through reading novels.

24 06, 2024

Language learning in the wild (Guardian, Agence France-Presse)

By Humanities Watch|2024-06-24T16:26:00-04:00June 24th, 2024|Africa, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, Language, Nature, News, STEM|0 Comments

Researchers gain insight into elephants' individualized communication.

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.