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Regular observations and conversations on ways the humanities serve, or fail to serve, the greater good.

2407, 2018

Upstream on the Cam

By Humanities Watch|2018-08-06T13:14:57-04:00July 24th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, Writing|

Writing against the current of the present time. A letter from the UK.

3005, 2018

The Tree in the Road

By Humanities Watch|2018-05-31T13:58:00-04:00May 30th, 2018|Economics, Everything Else, History, Language, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, science, U.S. / Canada|

Can a tree block the path of progress?

2704, 2018

A Fair Exchange: A Dialogue about the Value of Goods

By Humanities Watch|2018-04-27T07:47:42-04:00April 27th, 2018|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Language, Observations, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|

How we may value goods without fully knowing their price.

1003, 2018

The Oak Tree (a fable)

By Humanities Watch|2025-02-01T14:48:15-05:00March 10th, 2018|Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|

What seems useful for the future often determines the present view.

2801, 2018

The humanities need no case

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-18T07:48:28-04:00January 28th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, Theater, Writing|

The humanities chart the heights and depths of humanity.

2112, 2017

The Big Dog: stars and their stories serve to inspire us

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-21T20:19:22-05:00December 21st, 2017|Arts, business, Economics, Europe, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, Religion, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|

How stars become dogs, and vice-versa.

2511, 2017

Thinking and thanking: reflections on Humanities Watch’s second anniversary

By Humanities Watch|2017-11-25T16:59:41-05:00November 25th, 2017|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Journalism, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, STEM|

Reflections on thinking, thanking, and remembrance at the close of two years.

1810, 2017

More fables for modern times

By Humanities Watch|2017-10-19T20:11:39-04:00October 18th, 2017|Academia, Arts, business, Everything Else, Observations, Philosophy, Technology|

Modern fables speak to what is old and new.

1809, 2017

The Two Gardens

By Humanities Watch|2017-09-20T19:24:28-04:00September 18th, 2017|Academia, Arts, Asia, education, Everything Else, History, Libraries, mathematics, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, science, Technology, U.S. / Canada|

Do gardens display the course of time, or a timeless science?

1308, 2017

The Shipwreck of the Humanities

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-13T07:15:52-04:00August 13th, 2017|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, Technology|

Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?

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