The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)
The humanities have little standing in society at large.
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01, 2018
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12, 2017
Sun, nature, spirit, philanthropy
The spirit of philanthropy at Christmas, evoked by nature.
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12, 2017
The Big Dog: stars and their stories serve to inspire us
How stars become dogs, and vice-versa.
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12, 2017
AI and the uncertainty principle (Dave Gershgorn, Quartz)
AI's sure-footed decisions belie the uncertainty embedded in its programming.
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12, 2017
Tech and the divided world (Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC)
How technology creates a house divided in the name of communication.
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12, 2017
The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)
Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.
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12, 2017
English study and medical training: what the literature tells us (Mark Abadi, Business Insider)
A healthy knowledge of English enhances medical learning.
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12, 2017
Humanities education adapts technology for today and tomorrow (Harry Begg, Washington Examiner)
Humanities education for the New Industrial Age.
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11, 2017
Philosophy for (and of) science (Subrena E Smith, Aeon)
Modern science has its roots, historical and conceptual, in philosophy.
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11, 2017
On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.