Cracking the code through the humanities (Ellen Ullman, Harper’s Magazine)
As code is written by people, the humanities -- the study of the human experience -- are critical for those who design it.
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Do the sciences (or more generally ourselves) need philosophy at the present time?
Philosophy is wanted for the sciences and ourselves.
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Sounding the Anthropocene (Alex Bladsdel, The Guardian)
The Anthropocene as the latest stage of human, and planetary, development.
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Putting the internet back together again, for culture’s sake (David Streitfeld, New York Times)
Can the internet come together in support of culture?
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The open paths before us, always providing opportunity
The way open to opportunity.
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The Worry-Fencer: the roots and restlessness of our present time.
Tracing the source of our restlessness, in dialogue.
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Culture compared to civilization
Culture as a feature of progress; civilization as its form.
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Contending with the loss of autonomy in the Age of AI
Recovering autonomy and escaping the existential vacuum.
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Lassoing algorithms (Megan Rose Dickey, TechCrunch)
Do algorithms enforce our biases, or do they challenge our preconceptions?
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The perils of thinking with the humanities (Francine Prose, The Guardian)
How thinking with complexity adds to our cultural (and political) understanding.