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The humanities and social sciences are lopsided in privileging writing.
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The humanities and social sciences privilege writing disproportionately.
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- Claim Maker
- Joe Cruz
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- News Article
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{ "date": "2026-09-29" } - UUID
- 94a23004-19b9-49c1-864f-90ace09dbe9d
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- September 30, 2026 at 6:02 AM (2 weeks ago)
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- September 30, 2026 at 6:02 AM (2 weeks ago)
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/29/opinion/writing-thinking-college-ai.html
The author explores writing as a technology for cognitive offloading, questioning the humanities' over-privileging of writing. The piece considers what types of thinking should be offloaded versus practiced by students, especially in the age of AI.
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