News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
Coding and ethics, revisited (Emma Pierson, Wired)
The codes developed in programming require ethical watchfulness.
Narrative medicine and compassionate care: the greater story ( Sarah Barber, Carlos J. Moreno-Leguizamon, Medical Humanities)
Healthcare practitioners may read a patient's narrative in more than the medical literature.
Tell me a story, AI (Emanuel Maiberg, Motherboard)
Computing technology may become the driving force of story-telling.
Technology addiction and self-alienation (Claudia Dreifus, New York Times)
The use of technology can lead to estrangement from others and ourselves.
Sense, emotion, and scientific discovery (Lewis Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly)
How experience fosters discovery of all kinds, as well as a deeper reading of history and literature
Elon Musk and the Present Future of A.I. (Maureen Dowd, Vanity Fair)
Will artificial intelligence enhance or imperil our humanity?
Caravaggio, Galileo, and the artful science of blood spurts (ResearchGate / Huffington Post)
How Galileo's theory of parabolic motion leads to a new attribution of a 17th-C. painting.
Aristotle and the modern computer (Chris Dixon, The Atlantic)
Aristotle and the modern computer: how the Greek philosopher's logic influenced the mathematical equations that underlie digital computation.
Saving the humanities through history (Rens Bod, Chronicle of Higher Education)
How understanding the humanities' past illuminates their present and future importance, as they have discovered new findings critical to understanding our world.
The healing arts of writer and physician (Gavon Francis, Aeon)
The healing arts of writer and physician: how both treat the ailments and bolster the hopes of our humanity.