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Nicholas Agar

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Future of the Humanities

Beware the Wikipedia effect in higher education - 13 Dec 2021

Beware the Wikipedia effect in higher education - 13 Dec 2021

Beware the Wikipedia effect in higher education - 13 Dec 2021

This piece on the ABC uses ideas from the behavioural economist Dan Ariely to point to a threat for the in-depth understanding characteristic of the humanities from Wikipedia's knowledge-for-free business model.

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A warning for traditional universities - August 10, 2021

Beware the Wikipedia effect in higher education - 13 Dec 2021

Beware the Wikipedia effect in higher education - 13 Dec 2021

Scary things in store for traditional universities from digital learning techs that will predictably improve on the miseries of teaching by Zoom

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Nicholas Agar Says More... - May 26, 2020

Nicholas Agar Says More... - May 26, 2020

Nicholas Agar Says More... - May 26, 2020

An interview about some of my ideas by Project Syndicate.

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Mind Over STEM - Aug 30, 2019

Nicholas Agar Says More... - May 26, 2020

Nicholas Agar Says More... - May 26, 2020

An exploration of the value of the Humanities in these times of rapid technological change. We need it to overcome our bias toward overconfident experts. 

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