[Sideloader]

I’ve only read the abstract (will read the full paper when I get home) and I think the authors are on to something. Our society with its emphasis on cold, mathematical calculation and material gain as the only valid measure of success, which proponents erroneously term "objective", while shunning the emotional "subjective" needs of people and leaving very little room for error, is becoming increasingly dehumanized.

The humanities = waste of time, STEM + markets = useful and objective [sic] ideology is bleeding the life force out of society. But people are not cold, hyper-rational machines. The academic Wendy Brown defined this system (which she calls neoliberalism) as follows:

What distinguishes neoliberalism is not simply a commitment to capitalism or to markets, but an effort to transform all spheres of human life in ways that render them amendable to economic calculation.

I think she is spot on. I am looking forward to reading this paper which seems to complement Brown's point. Thanks for posting it!