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Arts can create a sensibility for context, and can answer the "should" of "should we be doing this". At least the hypothetical universe in my mind, a bunch of
by rtpg 11y ago
Arts can create a sensibility for context, and can answer the "should" of "should we be doing this".
At least the hypothetical universe in my mind, a bunch of technocrats are a lot more likely to commit unethical behaviour than people who have a bit more sensibility for the human condition and history.
- outlace 11y agoI think resources would be better allocated at simply educating STEM people in ethics and the like. We don't need to funnel people into arts just as checks-and-balances to the "less sensible" technology folks.
- gaius 11y agoYou can teach an engineer history a hell of a lot more easily than teaching an art historian how to do stochastic calculus.
- deadlast 11y agoCan and do are not the same. Just because different forms of knowledge are "easier" or "more difficult" to obtain does not mean that the easier knowledge is somehow devalued, except in the context of labor supply. I would not say that, at this point, many engineers know or are interested much in history or art, regardless of its social value. This is a mild failure on the part of the free market.
- gnicholas 11y agoThese examples may be true, but they're not necessarily representative. For example, writing is at the heart of history and literature, but it is not easily taught to engineers (or anyone, for that matter). Becoming a skilled writer takes years, and it probably also relies on innate talents as well.