December 9, 2005
The Rewards of the Digital Era
What are the implications of the digital age for the liberally educated person? I have three possible answers.
It beats me. The reason for that answer is that, if one cannot clearly state what a "liberal-arts education" is, then the question is impossible to answer. What it means to be liberally educated has evolved over time, and different people define it differently. Some define the liberal arts as the humanities, others as a form of nonprofessional education. Some describe the
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