News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
1812, 2017
AI and the uncertainty principle (Dave Gershgorn, Quartz)
AI's sure-footed decisions belie the uncertainty embedded in its programming.
1312, 2017
Tech and the divided world (Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC)
How technology creates a house divided in the name of communication.
1112, 2017
The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)
Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.
812, 2017
English study and medical training: what the literature tells us (Mark Abadi, Business Insider)
A healthy knowledge of English enhances medical learning.
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.