Commenters share experiences of humanities courses transforming their thinking
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Several commenters affirm the essay's thesis through personal experience, describing humanities courses that opened their eyes to complex thinking and broadened their understanding of technology's role in society.
“Working with AI code generators, you see the need to be able to dig deep and dig out the unsaid in an argument. You need to appreciate and have a feel for language's ambiguities to make sure the right thing is done.”
mattgoupileigenBasis Tech writer and essayist
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The issue is, I don't think that university humanities courses generally contribute much to a person's moral development, and if they do, it's not always necessarily in a positive way (as anybody who has taken enough university humanities courses can tell you). Interest in the humanities is something that should be cultivated much earlier in life…
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Yes, especially people who subscribe to humanism as a philosophy. Studying humanities is of course great too! I didn't realize from the title that that was more what the article is about, not about the philosophical idea.Since the article calls for learning more languages, I hope it's alright if I mention a still in-progress experiment of mine. I…
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You can distill it down to: don't be a piece of shit, think carefully about how what you're building is used, talk to real humans and listen to them, and stop driving your product development process mimetically. Instead, solve real problems that real people have (not people in SF; I'm talking deep reality like a 60 y/o woman who had to get a job…
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