Humanity and the machine: AI’s opening gambit (BBC Technology)
How humanity can dream of a machine-filled life.
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08, 2017
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07, 2017
Coding over languages (Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal)
Coding is a language as universal as English.
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07, 2017
Living well with philosophy (T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post)
Philosophy deepens and widens our life's course.
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06, 2017
Humanities and technological languages (Lydia Dishman, Fast Company)
The languages of the humanities and technology have much in common.
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03, 2017
How useful are the humanities, and to what end? (Johann N. Neem, Process)
An historian asks about the ways the humanities are suitable for modern society.
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02, 2017
Humanities citizens and industrial consumers (Sarah Churchwell, Times Higher Education)
How the humanities may lead us to greater self-knowledge, beyond the demands of the market place.
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11, 2016
Code can kill (Bill Sourour, Free Code Camp)
Embedding ethics in the code driving technology.
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08, 2016
The humanities bring home the (Canadian) bacon (Nikki Wiart, Maclean’s)
The humanities bring home the bacon: a Canadian study looks at the earnings power of humanities and liberal arts graduates. From the article: [Ross Finnie, Director of Ottawa's Education Policy Research Initiative] says more research can help pinpoint the soft skills and figure out how post-secondary institutions can help develop them. “If we identify those skills, we can [...]
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07, 2016
Business people need the liberal arts (Yoni Applebaum, The Atlantic)
Business people need the liberal arts: why more than specialization is required to succeed in business when you're really trying. From the article: Businesses want workers who have “the ability to think, the ability to write, the ability to understand the cultural or historical context of whatever business decision they’re making,” added Rachel Reiser, assistant [...]
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07, 2016
Liberal arts needed in the tech world (David Kalt, Wall Street Journal)
Liberal arts needed in the tech world: why having a facility for languages, of all sorts, enhances the richness of software development. From the editorial: Most liberal arts degrees encourage a well-rounded curriculum that can give students exposure to programming alongside the humanities. Philosophy, literature, art, history and language give students a thorough understanding of how [...]