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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.

21 12, 2024

Not easy reading (The Economist)

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-21T07:28:48-05:00December 21st, 2024|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, News, psychology, Writing|0 Comments

That the academic humanities engage in increasingly obscure jargon.

12 12, 2024

Last words no longer lost (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-12T07:31:34-05:00December 12th, 2024|education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, News, psychology, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

New technologies reveal etched writings for the first time.

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.

24 11, 2024

Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-24T14:30:19-05:00November 24th, 2024|April, Arts, Central / South America, education, environment, Everything Else, History, March, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.

5 10, 2024

A Librarian’s Life in Her Letters: Belle Greene and the Morgan Library

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-26T11:12:55-05:00October 5th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Asia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, painting, Quotes, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Letters reveal the shaping of a public institution, the Morgan Library.

26 03, 2024

Supporting a “humanities renaissance” (UNC News)

By Humanities Watch|2024-03-26T13:47:27-04:00March 26th, 2024|Academia, business, Charities, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A major donation from a business alumnus inspired and guided by the humanities.

16 03, 2024

AI calls on humanity (Aneesh Raman and Maria Flynn, NY Times)

By Humanities Watch|2024-03-16T17:00:08-04:00March 16th, 2024|Academia, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

That our new AI economy requires a deeper engagement with the humanities.

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.

6 02, 2024

Art in the Industrial Age (Zarmeen Soomro, Sindh Courier)

By Humanities Watch|2024-02-06T16:01:19-05:00February 6th, 2024|Academia, Asia, education, environment, Everything Else, Language, Music, Nature, News, Politics, Writing|0 Comments

An exhibit at the University of Sindh shows the power of art to address a crisis of need.