News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
609, 2017
Internet Rx: do doctors and patients know how to read advice on-line? (Philippa Göranson, Pulse)
On-line medical advice tests doctors and patients in new ways.
209, 2017
Our devices, our selves (Jean M. Twenge, The Atlantic)
How personal devices may undermine our personhood.
3108, 2017
New language, new cultures (Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street Journal)
Learning new languages leads to the blending of new cultures.
2708, 2017
The liberal arts and the path to fulfillment (George Anders, Atlantic)
The liberal arts, including the humanities, open up new possibilities for fulfilling lives.
2308, 2017
In praise of polymaths (David Edmonds, BBC Magazine)
Why the broader knowledge possessed by polymaths is needed today more than ever.
2008, 2017
College students know the usefulness of humanities majors (Michelle Cheng, FiveThirtyEight)
Students determine the usefulness of the humanities according to their career path.
1608, 2017
The “Two Cultures” revisited (Roger Kimball, The New Criterion)
Reviewing the "two cultures" debate in light of modern science.
1208, 2017
The bilingual brain (Gaia Vince, BBC Future)
A bilingual mind has different strengths and abilities.
808, 2017
Writing by the numbers (Megan Gambino, Smithsonian)
Understanding writing through quantitative analysis.
508, 2017
Humanity and the machine: AI’s opening gambit (BBC Technology)
How humanity can dream of a machine-filled life.