Quote:" In an age that has been influenced to distrust and disregard what is characteristically human, rhetoric should be a prime target of attack."
Question: Do you see this as paralleling the push for STEM being the privileged path of study, as opposed to humanity/artistic fields?
In reference to Weaver's perspective, I believe he would find a huge correlation between the two; I guess I would too to an extent. Our generations transition into the information age is fueled on the STEM arena, which inevitably pushing people away from more humanitarian and artistic studies. Now, in regard to whether or not this is a good or bad thing IDK, however, I do hope people will begin to mesh the two more rather than contrast them. We need more philosophical engineers and technologically based journalists. We need a lot honestly...
ReplyDeleteI definitely think so! Throughout his essay, he references the impacts of the growth of STEM fields at the time. Now, more than ever, students follow STEM career paths because that's where the money is (university funding, salaries, etc.).
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