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  1. Sep 2016
    1. The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability; and something is bound to come of it.

      New technology is always developing and growing so rapidly, part of the reason "complex devices" can now be cheap

    1. The humanities remain a constant in this era of rapid change, disruption, and digital revolution. The humanities, themselves, give us the perspectives and insights of ages past

      similar to some of the points the author of "The Nomadic Humanities" was making

    1. as more “personal” than many huge auditorium-based lecture courses from their university days

      Definitely one of the main reasons people come to Trinity or other small liberal arts colleges is for the same feeling of having more personalized attention rather than huge lectures.

    1. social sciences and sometimes as humanities include history, archaeology, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, classical studies, law and linguistics…. The humanities and social sciences teach us how people have created their world, and how they in turn are created by it.”

      common through all definitions