I recently came across a mention of a novel that sounded very interesting. It’s called Stoner. Written by John Williams and first published in 1965, the novel received some kind words from critics, sold roughly 2,000 copies and then was quickly forgotten. But something rather […]
Simon During makes an interesting argument about defending the humanities in his essay in Public Books. Our debate about STEM versus the humanities may have it all wrong. In attempting to argue for the humanities value to society, we are instead missing the point entirely. […]
Ian Sefferman shared this interesting map on Twitter–50 percent of the country’s GDP comes from the blue areas and 50 percent from the orange.
Matt Asay is exactly right. Let’s here it for the English major. Every tech company needs one. “Why? Because as important as the technology is that powers our lives, businesses also depend on humanities-oriented communicators to articulate why the technology matters.” English majors can tell […]