As a society, we desperately need to invest more into the arts. Our culture has come to exalt the ability to calculate and analyze at the expense of developing an understanding of ourselves and our own emotions. We pride scientific achievements instead of developing artistic expression, partly due to the faults of American capitalism. But,…
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Beyond STEM: Educating a Workforce of Thinkers and Doers Takes Liberal Arts
From where I sit, it feels like the study of the liberal arts and the culmination of that education—the liberal arts and sciences degrees—are being challenged like never before. State governors, top business executives, and parents are questioning the end products that come from liberal arts institutions. In a recent Washington Post article, a managing…
Using Stories to Teach Human Values to Artificial Agents
The rapid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) has raised fears about whether robots could act unethically or soon choose to harm humans. Some are calling for bans on robotics research; others are calling for more research to understand how AI might be constrained. But how can robots learn ethical behavior if there is no “user…
The Trivium and the Quadrivium
The Liberal Arts The liberal arts consists of seven branches of knowledge that prepare students for lifelong learning. The concept is Classical, but the term Liberal Arts and their division into the TRIVIUM and the QUADRIVIUM date back to the Middle Ages. The Trivium and the Quadrivium The trivium includes those aspects of the liberal arts that pertain to mind. The quadrivium,…
The Great Lesson in Liberal Arts
How does a liberal arts education help develop an individual’s character? As a working class individual with degrees in the humanities, I have argued the notion that my area of study helped me become a better person rather than a person with hard skills. I have skills in writing, analysis, logical thinking, and the big…
How Do You Prepare Someone For Something That Doesn’t Exist?
“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, Using technologies that haven’t been invented, In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” – Karl Fisch, “Did You Know” How Do You Prepare Someone For Something That Doesn’t Exist? How do you train a person for a job that…