If it isn’t in another category, it is here.
7
12, 2018
Freedom behind bars (Chris Wilson, Medium)
Books in a prison library provide freedom and new life.
28
11, 2018
The usefulness of literature and philosophy
A Renaissance conception of the usefulness and value of the humanities, for humanity.
26
11, 2018
Bleeding crimson: Harvard loses the humanities (Noah D. Dasanaike, Harvard Crimson)
Harvard follows the general trends in academic enrollments, with the sciences gaining and the humanities losing.
21
11, 2018
Virtual scholarship: the lure of the fourth dimension
Learning from libraries past, present, and future.
20
11, 2018
Uncovering ancient technology (Philippe Bohstrom, Haaretz)
The ancient computer lost at sea, found by current technology.
14
11, 2018
Healthy doubts about AI (E. Vayena, A. Blasimme, I.G. Cohen, PLoS Med)
AI in medicine raises questions about its fairness and accuracy.
13
11, 2018
Science, art, and truth
Truth required art in order to be realized.
11
11, 2018
AI rules (John W. Miller, America)
Can there be ethical rules for AI?
6
11, 2018
W(h)ither the humanities? (Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic)
Can humanities study remain relevant in the world of STEM?
30
10, 2018
Literature and science: a call to combine the two temperaments in our reading
The artist and scientist combine to create the best reader.