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  "id": 10786,
  "url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-explain-it-me/2026/07/15/why-do-we-need-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences",
  "title": "Would You Prefer Rocks Over Higher Education?",
  "summary": "Would You Prefer Rocks Over Higher Education? kjohnsonbowles… Wed, 07/15/2026 - 03:00 AM Are you dumber than a rock? Why the arts, humanities and social sciences are the bedrock of society and why you couldn’t live without them. Byline(s) Kathy Johnson Bowles",
  "authors": "kjohnsonbowles@gmail.com",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-15T07:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-16T05:10:56.605Z",
  "source_slug": "x-inside-higher-ed-tech",
  "source_name": "Inside Higher Ed Tech",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/10786",
  "original_url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-explain-it-me/2026/07/15/why-do-we-need-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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