
008 - Red Plenty, Part 1
General Intellect Unit
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Is There a Critical Distinction Between Humanities and Social Science?
There's a very conscious sense of crisis among humanists. Even if the social sciences are surviving to perhaps a somewhat greater extent than the humanities, it is necessary to do some deep thinking in a way that isn't just about optimization right? The problem we discussed earlier or in our greybird episode about like we don't actually get any new ideas out of these departments anymoreYeah great like that they're just kind of retreading old ground um and so it's very very concerning because when it comes to providing mature solutions or sort of complex and nuanced solutions to social problems.
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