Ai, Humanities, and the Future of Work

Ai, Humanities, and the Future of Work

why is everyone suddenly in love with the humanities

Your guide to a personal renaissance

May 05, 2026
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Another day, another tech CEO (Netflix’s Reed Hastings) talking about the “return to the humanities.” Someone asked me if I regret pursuing a humanities PhD in the age of AI, and I asked if they regret getting a computer science degree given the rise of agentic coding.

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You see how the very premise of the ques…

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