Smart phones, dim minds (Nicholas Carr, Wall Street Journal)
Our phones' technology may diminish the ability of our minds to think and feel.
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Investing in the humanities (Lisa Kaaki, Arab News)
The humanities enhance our return on investment.
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10, 2017
Robert Frost reads about science, the mind, and the march of years.
Robert Frost on science and our flights from reality.
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10, 2017
The mockery of Science and the flight to outer space
Science and its mockery of the human drive for outer limits.
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09, 2017
In AI we trust? (Olivia Solon, The Guardian)
AI becomes the deity, inspiring its believers with the idea of super-human intelligence.
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09, 2017
The stages of criticism
Is the path of criticism really a path to understanding?
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09, 2017
Humanities and Human Ties (Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic)
Finding the human center in the humanities.
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09, 2017
The sublimity of intuition, in humanity and in the natural world
Our intuitions may have sublime origin, amid our doubts, no matter how grave.
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09, 2017
The Two Gardens
Do gardens display the course of time, or a timeless science?
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09, 2017
The habits of learning, for good or ill, in tune with the times
Our habits are part of our education for better and worse.