Finding Purpose in the Humanities
Dec 9, 2021 calls for educators to adapt to post-millennial reality by abolishing the traditional term paper.
Nicholas Agar
Nicholas Agar, Professor of Ethics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Australia, and the author of How to Be Human in the Digital Economy, MIT Press, 2019.
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Finding Purpose in the Humanities 
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An Interview with Nicholas Agar An Interview with Nicholas Agar
May 26, 2020 emphasizes the importance of unchosen social interactions, warns that technology cannot replace them, and wonders whether COVID-19 is enough of a shock to improve the lives of poor people in the long term.
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The Horizon Bias in Human Innovation The Horizon Bias in Human Innovation
May 1, 2020 warns against allowing technological advances to inflate our expectations of forthcoming breakthroughs.
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Automating Segregation Automating Segregation
Oct 28, 2019 worries that involuntary social interactions will be one of the casualties of the digital economy.
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Mind Over STEM Mind Over STEM
Aug 30, 2019 argues that the technological determinism of the digital age makes the humanities more necessary than ever.
