The Arts and Humanities Save Lives!
If saving lives is our metric, the biggest deficit we face is not an "innovation deficit" but a "wisdom deficit."
The New Class and The New Republic
The New Republic helped us to see through technological determinism’s crippling fatalism and techno-utopianism’s sonorous pretensions.
The Hedgehog's Array: December 12, 2014
Posted on December 12, 2014
in THR Web Features
Noteworthy reads from last week.
Color Commentary
Pantone's Marsala is no mauve, but it does reflect our present cultural mood.
Thinking About Homelessness
Posted on December 10, 2014
in THR Web Features
Image: The Haven, Charlottesville, VA.
Thinking about homeless requires separating it from the larger discourse on poverty.
Self-Immolation, In Theory and In Practice
The self-immolator does not seek merely to die, but to die horribly, in such a way that others will be compelled to take notice.
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