Nicholas Scott Baker
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Nicholas Scott Baker
@renhistorian.bsky.social
Historian of Renaissance Italy and other things; latest book: In Fortune's Theater: Financial Risk and the Future in Renaissance Italy; Australian football tragic.
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Epistemic Practices and Plant Classification in Premodern European Botanical Knowledge: An Interdisciplinary Treatment
Edited By @fabribald.bsky.social

is now available in the new warehouse -
www.routledge.com/Epistemic-Pr...

The ebook is on sale for US $42.74
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I mean the "premium skills" for "an AI-saturated world"--"verification of sources, contextual decision-making, ethical reasoning under ambiguity, and accountability for real-world outcomes"--sound like what a liberal-arts education has always focused on.
www.forbes.com/sites/shanno...
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM