On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.
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11, 2017
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11, 2017
Thinking and thanking: reflections on Humanities Watch’s second anniversary
Reflections on thinking, thanking, and remembrance at the close of two years.
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11, 2017
How valuable are the humanities? (Carolyn Gregoire, Huffington Post)
The humanities are valuable in all professions.
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10, 2017
Doubting wisely to achieve soundness of mind and body
Why doubt can lead to self-assurance and independence of judgement, which is manifest in one's outward demeanor.
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10, 2017
The humanities and windows of vision (Gerald Greenberg, Washington Post)
The humanities open up new perspectives on oneself and others.
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10, 2017
Art, beauty, and freedom
Finding personality in the spirit of freedom through beauty.
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10, 2017
Smart phones, dim minds (Nicholas Carr, Wall Street Journal)
Our phones' technology may diminish the ability of our minds to think and feel.
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10, 2017
The mockery of Science and the flight to outer space
Science and its mockery of the human drive for outer limits.
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09, 2017
Humanities and Human Ties (Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic)
Finding the human center in the humanities.
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09, 2017
Humanities, history, and the university (Katherine Pickering Antonova, Washington Post)
Have conservative politics created the crisis in higher education?