Next wave of history-making technologists will be well-versed in humanities
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-04
Commenting on a viral thread arguing that AI-era problems need philosophers, theologians and artists rather than just computer scientists, fkasummer agrees and goes further: the new crop of technologists who can actually make history are all well-versed in the humanities — public discourse only shows the top of the bell curve.
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