News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
312, 2017
Humanities education adapts technology for today and tomorrow (Harry Begg, Washington Examiner)
Humanities education for the New Industrial Age.
2911, 2017
Philosophy for (and of) science (Subrena E Smith, Aeon)
Modern science has its roots, historical and conceptual, in philosophy.
2111, 2017
The education of tech and the historical crisis (John Naughton, The Guardian)
The humanities help compensate for the one-sidedness of technological expertise.
1911, 2017
Language, emotion, and the world around us (David Robson, BBC Future)
Languages, in consort with others, foster emotional awareness.
1511, 2017
The dawn and dusk of the humanities (Marilynne Robinson, NY Review of Books)
Do the humanities exhaust themselves in utility?
1211, 2017
The joy of writing (Sirin Pilay, Harvard Heath Blog)
Writing may provide a release to anxiety.
611, 2017
How valuable are the humanities? (Carolyn Gregoire, Huffington Post)
The humanities are valuable in all professions.
2910, 2017
History as quarry: how chemistry uncovered the routes of medieval artistry (Nicholas St. Fleur, NY Times)
Chemistry provides the sleuthing in finding the historical path of the medieval art trade
2610, 2017
The humanities and windows of vision (Gerald Greenberg, Washington Post)
The humanities open up new perspectives on oneself and others.
2310, 2017
Allowing the crowd to guide the ethical path, in AI (Futurism)
Can the crowd make ethical decisions better than the individual?