The bilingual brain (Gaia Vince, BBC Future)
A bilingual mind has different strengths and abilities.
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08, 2017
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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
Cathedrals and science, or art in the disposable universe
What does art tell us beyond science about the human condition?
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07, 2017
Finding the words in a sea of literature
Samuel Johnson charts the history of language to create a monumental work.
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07, 2017
Mathematical logic and intuition: two ways of understanding
Mathematical logic and intuition may reside in different realms of understanding.
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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
On dreams and waking, visions and our daily concerns
Dreams may become visions and show us a deeper awareness.
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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.