JD Goulet
@jdgoulet
Writer & immigrant in Portugal
JD Goulet
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Here are eight imperatives—all of them drawing strength and sustenance from the humanities:
- We need a way of defining and pursuing progress that doesn’t reduce that concept to something that only comes from a digital device.
- We desperately need access to values and wisdom that aren’t corrupted by the relentless financial metrics and imposed
Ted Gioia • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College
How to Get Out
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No, Generative AI Is Not Art
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[REPOST] Will the climate crisis be a boon for authoritarians?
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He sees the hunger people have for a wisdom and nourishing that algorithms and devices don’t provide—but the humanities can. This is the real crisis in humanities, and it’s reached a boiling point.
I don’t travel as extensively as Dana, but I hear the exact same thing in my online dealings with people. They want something that the tech can’t... See more
I don’t travel as extensively as Dana, but I hear the exact same thing in my online dealings with people. They want something that the tech can’t... See more
Ted Gioia • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College
“To recap, neoliberalism's network of influence operates as follows:
• “Oligarchs and corporations often covertly (i.e. 'using dark money') fund think tanks and academic departments.
• “These institutions, in turn, make the unreasonable demands of the oligarchs and corporations sound reasonable and normal.
• “The press - also largely controlled by
"For the uninitiated on this side of the pond, the European Parliament is kind of a cross between the Continental Congress of the 1770s as envisioned under the weak, decentralized Articles of Confederation and the Galactic Senate from the Star Wars prequels. It has some power over the EU budget and approves members of the executive European
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