Your reading mind (Markham Heid, Medium)
A summary of studies that demonstrate how reading enlarges our mind.
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11, 2019
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10, 2019
Humanities should take a back seat to tech (Jacob Wolinsky, ValueWalk)
An argument for tech's ascendence and the humanities' demise.
7
09, 2019
Science and the suburbs
A poem about science and suburban protest.
3
09, 2019
History in the digital age (Ian Milligan, The Conversation)
Digital documents and data require new skills at exploring historical context.
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08, 2019
Diving into history (Tara Roberts, National Geographic)
Divers find fragments of lost history, reconstructing the past in order to understand ourselves.
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08, 2019
Medieval monks and modern science (BBC Ideas)
Medieval monastic observations aid astronomy about comets and other heavenly objects.
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07, 2019
Finding the soul in the play of words
How the spontaneity of the soul is often dulled by practical and political concerns.
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07, 2019
Humanities, self-knowledge, and our digital times
Discussing the need to re-discover the historical force of the humanities in our scattered lives.
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06, 2019
The Place of the Humanities
The humanities debates too often overlook the place of the humanities.
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06, 2019
Van Gogh and health (Paola Chesi, MedicinaNarrativa.eu)
Allowing art to elicit reflections on our own state of mind.