AI tech mogul confused why expendable human capital booing him during commencement address
The latest update to my guide to online historical Toronto newspaper resources includes:
* A new home for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario's collection
* Has the Telegram finally made it onto the internet?
#TOHistory #cdnhistory
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Historical research does not need to be done faster or in greater volume for any social or intellectual purpose whatever; if anything, it needs to be done more slowly and deliberately than at present, by people allowed the training, time, space, and resources to do it that way.
On protecting what matters.
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We need historians because the past is never just the past.
Every policy debate, public conversation, and cultural shift is shaped by what came before. Historians help us understand context, trace change over time, and recognize what’s at stake.
#TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️
Careers fields of History majors.
Fight the gross misrepresentations about what you can do with a History major.
Especially from your parents.
ChatGPT: You’re so right, archivist. Eating the document would help preserve it using a new storage solution — one that's never been tried before in the archive sector. You wouldn't just be enjoying a cheap lunch, you would be furthering archival science for the world.
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.