So part of my new job at the University of Minnesota is to convince students – and their families – that they can major in History and still be gainfully employed.
The good news is that it’s true, they can. Even the Harvard Business Review says so.
According to three new books, the answer is “Quite a lot.” From Silicon Valley to the Pentagon, people are beginning to realize that to effectively tackle today’s biggest social and technological challenges, we need to think critically about their human context—something humanities graduates happen to be well trained to do. Call it the revenge of the film, history, and philosophy nerds.
We know this. But it’s good to have more narratives.