In praise of polymaths (David Edmonds, BBC Magazine)
Why the broader knowledge possessed by polymaths is needed today more than ever.
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08, 2017
Love, beauty, and the quest for wisdom
Love for beauty may lead to higher wisdom.
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08, 2017
College students know the usefulness of humanities majors (Michelle Cheng, FiveThirtyEight)
Students determine the usefulness of the humanities according to their career path.
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08, 2017
Literature and science
What literature and science have in common, and how they complement one another.
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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.
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08, 2017
The Shipwreck of the Humanities
Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?
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08, 2017
The bilingual brain (Gaia Vince, BBC Future)
A bilingual mind has different strengths and abilities.
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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.