Francis Drake Comes to Como
It sometimes appears that we find the most interesting sights in the least expected places. Such an incident is one I wish to recount from a visit to a little restaurant in Como.
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Philosophy study — for kids — enhances reading, writing, and math skills (Educational Endowment Foundation, July 2015)
Teaching children as young as nine and ten to have philosophical discussions around topics like truth, fairness and knowledge can improve their progress in maths and reading by an average of two months.
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05, 2015
College knowledge and computers (Robert Shiller, NYT, May 23, 2015)
A college education should be "broad and general," providing "complex communication skills and expert knowledge."
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Notes on the Humanities Crisis (Princeton Alumni Weekly, July 2014)
The humanities have a PR problem
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The Real Crisis of the Humanities (NYT, December 2013)
“Crisis” and “decline” are the words of the day in discussions of the humanities. A primary stimulus for the concern is a startling factoid: only 8 percent of undergraduates major in humanities. But this figure is misleading.
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Pushkin beats boots: does the worth of literature exceed that of footwear?
How Pushkin's poetry may be worth more than shoes.