Current：Home > MarketsIntellectuals vs. The Internet -AssetLink
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
View
Date：2025-04-15 22:22:20
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！ (7)
Related
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- Peter Seidler, Padres owner whose optimism fueled big-spending roster, dies at 63
- Kevin Hart will receive the Mark Twain Prize — humor's highest honor
- Iceland warns likelihood of volcanic eruption is significant after hundreds of earthquakes
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- It took Formula 1 way too long to realize demand for Las Vegas was being vastly overestimated
- US producer prices slide 0.5% in October, biggest drop since 2020
- Fantasy football rankings for Week 11: PPR ranks, injury news, sleepers
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- EU reaches deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector
Ranking
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- Spain leader defends amnesty deal for Catalan in parliament ahead of vote to form new government
- Donna Kelce Reveals How Son Travis Kelce Blocks Out the Noise
- Corruption and Rights Abuses Are Flourishing in Lithium Mining Across Africa, a New Report Finds
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Leighton Vander Esch out for season. Jerry Jones weighs in on linebacker's future.
- Donna Kelce Reveals How Son Travis Kelce Blocks Out the Noise
- A third round of US sanctions against Hamas focuses on money transfers from Iran to Gaza
Recommendation
Paige Bueckers vs. Hannah Hidalgo highlights women's basketball games to watch
Dutch court orders company to compensate 5 Iranian victims of Iraqi mustard gas attacks in the 1980s
Jerry O'Connell reacts to John Stamos writing about wife Rebecca Romijn in 'negative manner'
Airstrike kills renowned doctor in Gaza and relatives who sought shelter together
Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
Get your Grimace on: McDonald's, Crocs collaborate on limited-edition shoes, socks
Finland considers closing border crossings with Russia to stem an increase in asylum-seekers
Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action