10+ Best Articles on Humanities
The most useful articles on humanities from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Humanities Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on humanities by Refind users in 2023.
Videos
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Why tech needs the humanities
If you want to build a team of innovative problem-solvers, you should value the humanities just as much as the sciences, says entrepreneur Eric Berridge. He shares why tech companies should look beyond STEM graduates for new hires -- and how people with backgrounds in the arts and humanities can bring creativity and insight to technical workplaces.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on humanities—all under 10 minutes.
Great minds don't think alike: bringing sciences and the humanities together
Science and the humanities have been antagonistic for too long. Many of the big questions of our time require them to work closer than ever.
«As with many of the matters that define our time, they call for a pluralistic approach that combines different ways of knowing»
What is the role of the humanities in progress?
Some incoherent thoughts
Why the arts and humanities are key to the future of tech
Two science and technology institutions top the 2022 rankings for arts and humanities. They know that the 4th industrial revolution needs critical thinkers.
«New technology – particularly machine learning and Artificial Intelligence – is raising fundamental questions about what it is to be a human being.»
Want to fix big tech? Change what classes are required for a computer science degree
When people learn to code, they should also learn about ethics, humanities, and equity. Then perhaps they’ll be more prepared to predict the unintended consequences of their work.
There’s no such thing as a “tech person” in the age of AI
We need to stop perpetuating the false dichotomy between technology and the humanities. To do otherwise would be detrimental to society.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on humanities.
Judge Knot
Does the loss of confidence in the humanities suggest a problem about knowledge or a problem about value?
Marc Andreessen on Learning to Love the Humanities (Ep. 152)
The real challenge to building on the frontier? Figuring out human behavior.
«if this sticks, then it represents the first decoupling of economic opportunity from geographic locality in thousands of years.»
Where the Humanities Are Not in Crisis
Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera discusses the systemic inequities in who gets to define the “crisis” in literary studies....
The role of the arts and humanities in thinking about artificial intelligence (AI)
Reclaiming a broad and foundational understanding of ethics in the AI domain, with radical implications for the re-ordering of social power
Business Does Not Need the Humanities — But Humans Do
We can’t let big data produce small minds.
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