Current：Home > reviewsIntellectuals vs. The Internet -AssetBase
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
View
Date：2025-04-18 13:53:50
What good is a Humanities degree? According to two intellectuals, Dr. Ally Louks and Jason Stanley, the humanities help us better connect to other humans. According to a lot of online haters, they're worthless.
Dr. Louks recently posted her Cambridge University PhD thesis online and was piled on by a loud group of right-wing anti-intellectuals. Brittany, Dr. Louks, and Jason Stanley, a professor of Philosophy at Yale University investigate the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.
Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus. Join NPR+ today.
veryGood！ (111)
Related
- How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
- Sam's Club announces it will stop checking receipts and start using AI at exits
- They’re not aliens. That’s the verdict from Peru officials who seized 2 doll-like figures
- 'Frankly astonished': 2023 was significantly hotter than any other year on record
- Pregnant Kylie Kelce Shares Hilarious Question Her Daughter Asked Jason Kelce Amid Rising Fame
- Christian McCaffrey, Tyreek Hill, Fred Warner unanimous selections for AP All-Pro Team
- NFL playoff games ranked by watchability: Which wild-card matchups are best?
- Body of skier retrieved from Idaho backcountry after avalanche that forced rescue of 2 other men
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy talks need for fresh leadership, Iowa caucuses
Ranking
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- Robot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobs
- A mudslide in Colombia’s west kills at least 18 people and injures dozens others
- 'Mean Girls' cast 2024: Who plays Regina George, Cady Heron and The Plastics in new movie?
- Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
- Are We Having Fun Yet? The Serious Business Of Having Fun
- 2 rescued after SUV gets stuck 10 feet in the air between trees in Massachusetts
- NFL All-Pro: McCaffrey, Hill, Warner unanimous; 14 first-timers
Recommendation
Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
Producers Guild nominations boost Oscar contenders: 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer' and more
Josh Groban never gave up his dream of playing 'Sweeney Todd'
Live updates | Israel rejects genocide case as Mideast tensions rise after US-led strikes in Yemen
How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
3 teens face charges in Christmas Day youth facility disturbance, Albuquerque sheriff says
The Maine Potato War of 1976
U.S. warns of using dating apps after suspicious deaths of 8 Americans in Colombia