Charles H. Sloan-Intellectuals vs. The Internet

2025-05-03 12:36:13source:Charles H. Sloancategory:Markets

What good is Charles H. Sloana Humanities degree? According to two intellectuals, Dr. Ally Louks and Jason Stanley, the humanities help us better connect to other humans. According to a lot of online haters, they're worthless.

Dr. Louks recently posted her Cambridge University PhD thesis online and was piled on by a loud group of right-wing anti-intellectuals. Brittany, Dr. Louks, and Jason Stanley, a professor of Philosophy at Yale University investigate the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.

Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus. Join NPR+ today.

Sponsor Message

More:Markets

Recommend

British golfer Charley Hull blames injury, not lack of cigarettes, for poor Olympic start

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — It wasn’t the cigarettes, Charley Hull said.It was an injury and

NYC fire officials probe if e-bike battery is behind latest deadly fire

NEW YORK (AP) — A 93-year-old New York City woman died, and another was rescued, when fire and smoke

Indiana woman sentenced to over 5 years in prison in COVID-19 fraud scheme

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced an Indiana woman to five-and-a-half years in priso