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3 07, 2016

Against Reading

By |2016-11-02T11:52:09-04:00July 3rd, 2016|2016, Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Journalism, July, Observations, Philosophy|0 Comments

Against Reading: why life is better spent doing other things. Ferreus. Hi, Procopius. What are you up to? Procopius. Hello, Ferreus. I’m just catching up on my reading. Ferreus. What magazine is that? Procopius. The Economist. It’s a bit stilted, but it helps me understand world affairs. Ferreus. I looked at it once. It was [...]

2 07, 2016

Liberal arts needed in the tech world (David Kalt, Wall Street Journal)

By |2016-11-02T11:52:10-04:00July 2nd, 2016|2016, education, Employment, Everything Else, July, Language, News, Philosophy, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Liberal arts needed in the tech world: why having a facility for languages, of all sorts, enhances the richness of software development. From the editorial: Most liberal arts degrees encourage a well-rounded curriculum that can give students exposure to programming alongside the humanities. Philosophy, literature, art, history and language give students a thorough understanding of how [...]

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