"The Talk of Humanities' Demise Will Look Wrong in 5 Years," AI Researcher Argues
_onionesque · x · 2026-09-23
Replying to the popular take that the humanities are obsolete, @onionesque argues the opinion ironically displays little critical thinking—the very quality the humanities cultivate. He hopes the humanities become more central again and predicts that in five years, talk of certain fields' demise will prove premature, noting such flattening around "economic value" is already the norm for the humanities.
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