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Amazing how curriculum focus has changed--in no small part due to the invention of the computer. These topics have almost nothing to do with what most Harvard
by dexy 15y ago
Amazing how curriculum focus has changed--in no small part due to the invention of the computer. These topics have almost nothing to do with what most Harvard students study today. There's been so much new knowledge generated since then...
- 32ftpersecond 15y agoBut we've strayed away from the old knowledge (e.g. classics) -- the stuff that keeps repeating itself...
- CamperBob 15y agoIf history repeats itself, then why not study newer, more relevant iterations?
- 32ftpersecond 15y agoThe Classics are timeless and thus always relevant, that's why they're still read today. Can anyone really argue that reading Jimmy Carter over Cicero or Marcus Aurelius is preferable because of temporal relevancy factors?