Literature and science
What literature and science have in common, and how they complement one another.
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08, 2017
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08, 2017
The “Two Cultures” revisited (Roger Kimball, The New Criterion)
Reviewing the "two cultures" debate in light of modern science.
13
08, 2017
The Shipwreck of the Humanities
Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?
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08, 2017
Writing by the numbers (Megan Gambino, Smithsonian)
Understanding writing through quantitative analysis.
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08, 2017
The machine in isolation
How machines may lead to isolation and self-alienation, rather than self-realization.
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08, 2017
Humanity and the machine: AI’s opening gambit (BBC Technology)
How humanity can dream of a machine-filled life.
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07, 2017
Speaking of science (Nick Roll, Inside Higher Ed)
The need to speak more about how university science and research contribute to our lives.
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07, 2017
Coding over languages (Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal)
Coding is a language as universal as English.
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07, 2017
Rediscovering the humanities in financial matters
Why literature, history, philosophy, and art offer countless examples of financial insight, and why knowing the ways of finance deepens our appreciation of the humanities.
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07, 2017
The humanities of finance (John Laidler, Harvard Gazette)
A new book examines the way finance and the humanities together count for more.