Quotes from thinkers, old and new, about how the humanities relate to our lives.
2011, 2024
How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa
Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.
510, 2024
A Librarian’s Life in Her Letters: Belle Greene and the Morgan Library
Letters reveal the shaping of a public institution, the Morgan Library.
2702, 2024
The humanities we know
Talking about the launch of the new journal Public Humanities.
1709, 2023
Humanities superpower
An interview with Rishi Jaitly of VT's Institute for Leadership in Technology.
2305, 2023
Rome reborn in our lives
How travel to Rome is also a search for meaning.
1803, 2023
Moving beyond the two cultures
Reflecting on how the two cultures lead to a Dantean limit governed by Love.
2801, 2023
On humanity in the sciences
A leading biochemist speaks of science's need to return to humility and the humanities.
1011, 2022
On modern education, east and west
That universities deprive their students and society with a focus on career preparation.
311, 2022
Pride, work, and health
On being, and not being, indispensable.
1610, 2022
Bulls and bears, in stock, stars, and poetry
Bulls and bears during the South Sea Bubble of 1720.