Structure:
1.	Definition and background
2.	Pros and cons
3.	Can it be financed?

Vocabulary/names:
referendum
left-wing/right-wing
libertarian
Martin Ford
“Mincome”
alienation
stigma
Susanne Wiest
bureaucracy
Ed Dolan
poverty threshold
means-tested
tax expenditures
pensions

Universal Basic Income – Dream Come True, Pipe Dream, or Nightmare? - click here for vocabulary

Full title: “Are the Humanities Useless? A Brief Look at the Debate”

Structure:
1. Background and Definitions: The Sciences and the Humanities—“Two Cultures”
2. Utilitarianism and the Culture Wars: Attacks on the Humanities
3. Saved by the Arts? Two Exemplary Defenses

Vocabulary/names:
Wilhelm Dilthey
Geisteswissenschaften
Naturwissenschaften
verstehen (German for: to comprehend/understand)
erklären (German for: to explain) 
C.P. Snow
The Culture Wars
Cultural Studies
Postmodernism
Martha Nussbaum
Anthony Kronman
contrarian
Stanley Fish

Are the Humanities Useless? - Click here for vocabulary

...ein Kessel Buntes im schwarzen Teer.

Procedure:
1. Click on the track title of your choice, and scroll down for structure and vocabulary (click on "show more"). If you're using the smartphone app, click on the track title and then choose "info" (lower right-hand corner of the screen). Do some pre-reading.
2. Listen to the track and take good notes. Write a summary.
3. Take a picture of the model summary posted on the office door of room BRK 1131; check your results and analyze your mistakes carefully.

Are the Humanities Useless? - Click here for vocabulary

201 Summary Lab

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