Current：Home > ScamsIntellectuals vs. The Internet -Ascend Finance Compass
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
View
Date：2025-04-18 02:24:15
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！ (692)
Related
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- Missing Florida mom found dead in estranged husband's storage unit, authorities say
- Where is Thanksgiving most expensive? Residents in these US cities expect to pay more
- Sheetz gas prices for Thanksgiving week: $1.99 a gallon deal being offered to travelers
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- 2 people killed in shooting outside an Anchorage Walmart
- OSHA finds plant explosion that killed 1 person could have been prevented
- 2 people killed in shooting outside an Anchorage Walmart
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- Texas attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced papers to inmates in county jail
Ranking
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- Joe Flacco signs with Browns, but team sticking with rookie QB Thompson-Robinson for next start
- Years after Parkland massacre, tour freshens violence for group of House lawmakers
- Thanksgiving cocktails and mocktail recipes: Festive flavors featuring apple, cranberry, pumpkin
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- Man linked to Arizona teen Alicia Navarro pleads not guilty to possessing child sexual abuse images
- Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children’s safety online
- A memoir about life 'in the margins,' 'Class' picks up where 'Maid' left off
Recommendation
Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
Rosalynn Carter’s advocacy for mental health was rooted in compassion and perseverance
A slice of television history: Why 100 million viewers tuned in to watch a TV movie in 1983
Below Deck Mediterranean Shocker: Stew Natalya Scudder Exits Season 8 Early
Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
Hiker found dead on trail in Grand Canyon, second such fatality in 2 months
A new study says the global toll of lead exposure is even worse than we thought
3 teen girls plead guilty, get 20 years in carjacking, dragging death of 73-year-old woman