News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
306, 2018
The data-driven society via Google (Vlad Savov, The Verge)
Google envisions gathering online data in order to better society by its standards.
2805, 2018
HumanitiesDenied.edu (Frank Bruni, New York Times)
Forgetting history and humanities for the sake of perceived modernity: a new memorial of the present times.
2505, 2018
Happiness? There’s an app for that (Terena Bell, Delta Sky Magazine / April 2018)
Putting the app in happiness.
1905, 2018
On the primacy of scientific thought (Peter Salovey, Scientific American)
Scientific thought is the way forward in order to transcend ideology and overcome bias.
1105, 2018
Spreading the humanities’ wings (Duke Today)
The humanities receive uplift at Duke University from Mellon funding.
805, 2018
Language colors the world we see (A. Casaponsa and P. Athanasopoulos, BBC Future)
Our language influences our awareness of color in the world around us.
605, 2018
The Treasures of Philosophy (Robert E. Rubin, The New York Times)
The ways philosophy offers rich knowledge for work in finance and government.
3004, 2018
Do doctors need the humanities? (Chris Pope and Tim Rice, Wall Street Journal)
A claim that the costs of the humanities outweigh their benefits for doctors.
2404, 2018
Following DNA pathways in the weave of history (Paul Rincon, BBC Science)
How ancient DNA reveals the historic travels of our ancestors.
1804, 2018
Forgetting “Never Forget” (Maggie Astor, New York Times)
How we forget the past, even as we have new means to remember it.