Where's the Humanity in a Techie World?
The Library of the Strahov Monstary in Prague. (Copyright Moyan_Brenn via Flickr)
We spend lots of time talking about new advances in science, technology and business. This week, we turn to a different end of the spectrum: the humanities.
What happens when you trade out books for screens? When parents discourage kids from majoring in English and history and push for engineering and computer science? Where are the humanities headed?
Guest:
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Jeffrey Schnapp, faculty co-director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; faculty director, metaLab at Harvard
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