We need more humanistic culture (Fareed Zakaria)

IMPORTANCE OF HUMANISTIC CULTURE –

In America the debate is very strong: What more is needed in preparing young people? So far, technical and scientific subjects have prevailed, starting from mathematics and from statistics. Now instead we return to talk about the strategic importance of the humanities, all to be re-evaluated.

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REVALUATION OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES –

Fareed Zakaria, columnist of the Washington Post, for example, emphasizes the need to redeem these materials, also for activities linked to large IT and web groups that holds the top spot. "If young people want to avoid the risk of their jobs being computerized, they must acquire creative and social skills.Zakaria writes. And he recalls some striking examples. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, insists that his executives write memos, often as long as six printed pages, and always begins his most important meetings with a period of silence, up to thirty minutes long, during which everyone reads their narratives and takes notes. Andrew Bennett, a highly regarded business consultant in America, conducted a survey of 100 business leaders and found that 84 of them said they prefer to hire people with intelligence and passion even if they don't have the specific skills the company requires. Mark ZuckerbergFacebook's founder, was a typical humanities student: in high school he studied classical Greek, and in college he chose psychology as his first major. It's no coincidence that many of Facebook's innovations, including marketing ones, had to do with psychology.

IMPORTANCE OF HUMANISTIC EDUCATION –

Therefore, we need a return to crop and to humanistic education. And it was a historical mistake to always and only focus on scientific subjects.America She grew up, Zakaria recalls, thanks to her ability to write and think. And not just because of her good knowledge of numbers.

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