Putting the internet back together again, for culture’s sake (David Streitfeld, New York Times)
Can the internet come together in support of culture?
Can the internet come together in support of culture?
The languages of the humanities and technology have much in common.
Culture as a feature of progress; civilization as its form.
Recovering autonomy and escaping the existential vacuum.
Do algorithms enforce our biases, or do they challenge our preconceptions?
The humanities ("fuzzies") and tech fields ("techies") remain divided, as two cultures.
The sun shines upon the depths: what is illuminated may also be hidden, especially to ourselves.
Computing science and math, along with historical knowledge, offer new assessments on the health of the current society.
Our scientific knowledge relies on narratives, which shift over time.
Stories of science and learning in our time.