Finding Purpose in the Humanities
Dec 9, 2021 Nicholas Agar 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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An Interview with Nicholas Agar An Interview with Nicholas Agar
May 26, 2020 Nicholas Agar 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 Nicholas Agar warns against allowing technological advances to inflate our expectations of forthcoming breakthroughs.
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Automating Segregation Automating Segregation
Oct 28, 2019 Nicholas Agar 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 Nicholas Agar argues that the technological determinism of the digital age makes the humanities more necessary than ever.
