The Arts And Humanities Aren T Worth A Dime Analysis

Matt Burriesci’s article overlooks one of the most crucial concepts necessary for the survival of the arts and humanities in his article “The Arts and Humanities Aren’t Worth A Dime.” Burriesci describes how our society will become dominated by technology and the use of manual skill with no longer be necessary. Many occupations will become extinct and they will be better performed by machines. His solution to this significant decrease in available jobs is that there will simply just become more professions of the arts and humanities. Burriesci ignores the complications that will come with this transition, if it even comes at all. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities would overlook the ease of this transition as well because they are

It is natural of people to pursue what has been identified to them as important and what they find interesting. However, it is impossible to know what the future holds and where importance will be placed and interest held in the coming years of the technological revolution. Therefore, there is no guarantee that when a significant amount of jobs are taken over by technology, there will be a rise of jobs in the arts and humanities. If there is no sense of importance or interest in the arts and humanities, there will likely be another solution that will flourish from the circumstances. There is an infinite number of ideas that have yet to be conceived, and one of them may be an concept, philosophy, or invention that may generate new types of careers, letting there be an option other than the arts and humanities for the

I have experienced this personally as I attended public school in Maine. The school was making budget cuts and the first teacher to receive a termination letter was the art teacher who taught, introductory art, drawing, painting, art history, and photography. Although this termination was not pursued much further, thanks to the effort and support of our community, and the endless school board meeting my peers and I attended, the idea was made clear that the arts were of least importance in our school district. If that is the philosophy of school officials, is is very likely it is the philosophy of our government officials as well, who form opinions heavily on monetary value. Consequently, there is little importance placed on the arts and humanities by higher officials, even though there is great importance and passion for it in the common people. But as children continue to grow up in this society will the importance of, and passion for the arts and humanities survive if the governing bodies have an opposing