mind. But future work won’t be the same as today’s work. And it looks very likely that it will require the agile, conceptual mind that the humanities foster. According to the great philosopher of rhet- oric and modernity, Richard McKeon, civilisa- tion flourished at those rare times when the humanities and the sciences spoke to and respected each other, birthing true innova- tion and wealth. Few societies through history have got that conversation right, and we are in danger of making it a lot harder. The ramifica- tions of that policy shift towards pragmatism will play out over the next decade or so, but I fear they will be disastrous. We will produce a nation of Dickensean Gradgrinds who think the world is just bricks and mortar, as well as a nation that neither innovates nor adapts. The humanities made countries like Austral- ia great, so chasing technology education in place of the humanities would paint you into failure over the long term. Dr Tony Golsby-Smith is a leader in design thinking, strategy and innovation. He is the founder and Director of consulting firm Second Road and previously held the Nierenberg Chair of Design at Carnegie Mellon University.
– technology and capital. The real source of the wealth was what he calls “the Imaginarium” – the large group of people trained in the broad thinking of the liberal arts who turned their minds to commerce. They had the magic com- bination of conceptual thinking and freedom that generated possibilities; they empathised with their customers and invested in people. Phelps is adamant the Imaginarium lives on, but that we are in danger of strangling it. The humanities need to adapt to become more relevant, but business does, too. There was a flawed and naive assumption behind the then government’s agenda that the “work” for which students need to be “job ready” is predictable and will need the STEM
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