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1 05, 2017

Fables for the Present Time

Humanities Watch2017-05-01T08:01:43-04:00May 1st, 2017|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|2 Comments

Stories of science and learning in our time.

30 04, 2017

Coding and ethics, revisited (Emma Pierson, Wired)

Humanities Watch2017-04-29T15:09:59-04:00April 30th, 2017|Academia, business, education, Employment, Language, mathematics, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The codes developed in programming require ethical watchfulness.

23 04, 2017

Tell me a story, AI (Emanuel Maiberg, Motherboard)

Humanities Watch2017-04-26T10:47:34-04:00April 23rd, 2017|Arts, Language, Literature, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Computing technology may become the driving force of story-telling.

17 04, 2017

Technology addiction and self-alienation (Claudia Dreifus, New York Times)

Humanities Watch2017-04-27T14:29:53-04:00April 17th, 2017|Academia, education, Everything Else, History, News, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The use of technology can lead to estrangement from others and ourselves.

14 04, 2017

Sense, emotion, and scientific discovery (Lewis Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly)

Humanities Watch2017-04-14T06:59:02-04:00April 14th, 2017|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Journalism, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How experience fosters discovery of all kinds, as well as a deeper reading of history and literature

9 04, 2017

Elon Musk and the Present Future of A.I. (Maureen Dowd, Vanity Fair)

Humanities Watch2017-04-09T06:19:29-04:00April 9th, 2017|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Employment, Everything Else, health, History, mathematics, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Will artificial intelligence enhance or imperil our humanity?

4 04, 2017

Death has no answer

Humanities Watch2017-04-06T19:36:11-04:00April 4th, 2017|2017, Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, health, History, Observations, Philosophy, Religion, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A dialogue about life extension and limits, beyond biology and scholarship.

16 03, 2017

Ending the National Endowment for the Humanities (Sopan Deb, New York Times)

Humanities Watch2017-04-20T17:41:21-04:00March 16th, 2017|2017, Academia, Arts, education, Everything Else, History, March, Museums, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The current administration proposes to do away with the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as with the National Endowment for the Arts.

16 03, 2017

Modern tragedy: the fears of physical annihilation and the role of the writer

Humanities Watch2017-03-16T06:29:26-04:00March 16th, 2017|2017, Arts, Europe, March, March, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Modern tragedy: the fears of physical annihilation and the role of the writer Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only one question: When will I be blown up? Because of [...]

14 03, 2017