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by madmanslitany
5862 days ago
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I doubt this is actually what happened, but I can picture Zed finishing a post suggesting that students take some time to learn about culture while at university. Then he decided that he wasn't going to piss off and fire up his usual quota with just that so he added an opening and closing attacking a CS education. I'm in pretty decisive disagreement with him on what he says about CS here, but there's a valuable point in here. CS students, and engineers in general, are a little too dismissive of the liberal arts. There are some genuine reasons for this, but Zed is right in that it's supreme arrogance to think we have nothing to learn from thousands of years of human achievement in the arts. Ultimately, culture is how humanity expresses itself with the time and energy we've bought for it by making life easier with technological progress. Taking some time to understand the human condition through culture before we transform it would be a good thing. Plus, on a personal level, meeting people who aren't fellow engineers is generally a good thing. Guys, there are a lot more girls outside of CS than there are therein... Hell, girls, that goes for you too if you just want to talk to another girl for once. |
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The impression I got was that not even the scholars knew what digital media was. However, I did acquire a large pool of information of what this grouping of similar people were up to. They were a great source of inspiration and if art is one thing, it's building upon the works of others and the humanities offers a larger pool for you to build upon.
However, when it comes to better understanding how people react to their environment, I turn to the social sciences for a more concrete explanation. My naive understanding of the humanities is that it's based upon assumptions and opinions, but I bet a wiser scholar can show me differently.
BTW, depending on where you go, a CS degree can be more of a liberal art education than a technical one.