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What would taking it seriously look like?

I imagine it would involve engagement with the humanities (arts and letters) on their own terms, finding things of value there, and bringing them into one's technical work.

What I see in the tech world is ignorance of such things combined with the contempt that comes from ignorance. It isn't always obvious. For example, we take for granted that one should measure everything. But that is the antithesis of how the humanities work.

Well put. There's certainly a lot of that, and even worse it can often seem like a competitive advantage.

But there is good work being done, like http://ourchoicethebook.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD8Zrruo6fE and there will be more in the future.

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