From the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution right up to present day, leading science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) thinkers have served humans incredibly well. Figures like Alexander Cummings, Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, Norman Borlaug and countless others have saved vast numbers of our species from untold suffering through rigorous interrogation of the natural world.  While we as a society become increasingly technical, the humanities have, by many measures, suffered a decline. The number of degrees granted and programs offered at U.S. universities have fallen in...…From the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution right up to present day, leading science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) thinkers have served humans incredibly well. Figures like Alexander Cummings, Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, Norman Borlaug and countless others have saved vast numbers of our species from untold suffering through rigorous interrogation of the natural world.  While we as a society become increasingly technical, the humanities have, by many measures, suffered a decline. The number of degrees granted and programs offered at U.S. universities have fallen in...WW…