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27 01, 2019

Heavy on STEM, light on humanities (Katherine Long, Seattle Times)

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-27T13:55:00-05:00January 27th, 2019|Academia, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The ebb of the humanities with the flow of STEM near Seattle.

24 01, 2019

Humanities are the motor driving tech

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-24T07:53:11-05:00January 24th, 2019|business, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Videos|0 Comments

The humanities ask the what and why of technology.

13 01, 2019

The science of beauty

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-14T09:42:18-05:00January 13th, 2019|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, science, STEM, Videos|0 Comments

Math, beauty, humor combine in this engaging talk.

7 01, 2019

Why the humanities matter (The British Academy Blog)

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-07T20:35:21-05:00January 7th, 2019|Academia, Arts, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Philosophy, Quotes, STEM|0 Comments

The humanities foster dynamic, ongoing creativity.

2 01, 2019

Melding philosophy and computer science (Gina Vitale, MIT News)

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-01T17:14:23-05:00January 2nd, 2019|Academia, education, Language, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Using philosophy to improve our understanding of computers.

28 12, 2018

Humanities and wholeness

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-30T13:00:16-05:00December 28th, 2018|Arts, Everything Else, health, History, Medicine, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Reflections on Humanities Watch’s third anniversary

10 12, 2018

Duplex skills for the modern world (Jeffrey J. Selingo, Washington Post)

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-28T22:45:39-05:00December 10th, 2018|Academia, education, Everything Else, History, News, Philosophy, STEM|0 Comments

A new attempt to integrate the skills fostered by humanities and STEM.

4 12, 2018

Understanding natural — not just artificial — intelligence (Melanie Mitchell, NY Times)

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-28T23:09:58-05:00December 4th, 2018|Academia, business, Economics, Language, Nature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

We need to understand our natural degree of intelligence before relying on artificial means.

28 11, 2018

The usefulness of literature and philosophy

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-28T12:12:02-05:00November 28th, 2018|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes|0 Comments

A Renaissance conception of the usefulness and value of the humanities, for humanity.

14 11, 2018

Healthy doubts about AI (E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, I.G. Cohen, PLoS Med)

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-14T15:42:55-05:00November 14th, 2018|Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, health, Medicine, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

AI in medicine raises questions about its fairness and accuracy.

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