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The costs of an instrumental understanding of STEM at the expense of the humanities have been significant, not just in particular societies like India, the US or China, but for the world.
Let me start with a caveat. Though it offers a critique of STEM, this article is not a war cry for reviving a bygone era of glory for the study of the arts. Nor is it another explanation of why the arts are indispensable to human thriving. A degree in the humanities does not make one any more enlightened than a degree in engineering or medicine predisposes one to committing acts of terrorism. Henry Kissinger graduated with a history degree from Harvard, but as Christopher Hitchens compellingly argued in “The Trial of Henry Kissinger”, there is a very …
Uday Kotak says heirs are choosing to manage family money rather than run real businesses. This lament doesn’t stand scrutiny.
It is surprising that governor Gavin Newsom should grant so much importance to the word of one caste-privileged Indian-American against the lived experiences of many.
Should the bill become law, it would mark a watershed in the history of human rights and civil rights in the US, not just for Americans of Indian and South Asian origin but also for stigmatized communities from other regions.
