If it isn’t in another category, it is here.
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05, 2017
Listening in health care: a humanities task (Philippa Göranson, Global Listening Centre)
Restoring the art of listening in the health care setting.
23
05, 2017
Contending with the loss of autonomy in the Age of AI
Recovering autonomy and escaping the existential vacuum.
21
05, 2017
Lassoing algorithms (Megan Rose Dickey, TechCrunch)
Do algorithms enforce our biases, or do they challenge our preconceptions?
14
05, 2017
The perils of thinking with the humanities (Francine Prose, The Guardian)
How thinking with complexity adds to our cultural (and political) understanding.
11
05, 2017
The fuzzies vs. the techies (Amy Shen, Stanford Review)
The humanities ("fuzzies") and tech fields ("techies") remain divided, as two cultures.
4
05, 2017
Lost language, lost voices, lost worlds
When language is lost, we are also diminished.
2
05, 2017
Stories and histories of science
Our scientific knowledge relies on narratives, which shift over time.
1
05, 2017
Fables for the Present Time
Stories of science and learning in our time.
25
04, 2017
Promoting one’s image
The modern fascination with "image," particularly that of ourselves.
20
04, 2017
Elon Musk and Sam Altman Speak on the Future of Information
Elon Musk and Sam Altman speak about the future of technology and its uses in accessing and using information.