Arts & Culture
In Defense of the Humanities
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If I were to keep track of the number of times someone has made a comment about how being in humanities is useless and contributes nothing to the world, I could probably note down every day on my calendar. The world as we know it has shifted completely to be one in which STEM has taken over the spotlight and pushed humanities behind the curtain of everyone’s attention. Though this may seem most practical, as a job in STEM normally provides someone with a much more solid income, and the future lies in the developments of many STEM fields, the humanities arguably have a much greater role to play than we think. What is a doctor without the empathy instilled in them for bedside manner? What is an engineer without their ethics to stop them from crossing a certain boundary when it comes to innovation?