"You have to know the past to understand the present."
- Carl Sagan
In an age of rapid social, political, environmental & technological change, the humanities are among the few tools we possess for distinguishing what is genuinely unprecedented from what we have forgotten. And they remain our most reliable compass for navigating the future.
A case for why the humanities are more essential than ever: https://sheril.substack.com/p/science-isnt-enough #science #art
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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