i like to think here in israel, which is the centre of science, technology, engineering, an bathright, unbelievable start up nation, that having thoughtful engineers is better than having not thoughtful ones. You know, a student who didn't study computer science, but who studied plato might be useful for both a company that's informateg in sotfor, but also for a nation trying to figure out what is the life well lived? And maybe i had b thought thinking about that. What are you thoughts on ta, i think it does make better people and better citizens, at least better citizens of democracy. A, i do emphasize this ofa democratic society, because liberal education
How do books change our lives? Educator and author Roosevelt Montás of Columbia University talks about his book Rescuing Socrates with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on his own educational and life journey, Montás shows how great books don't just teach us stuff--they get inside us and make us who we are.