In 1999, the ABC show “Nightline” featured IDEO, a top design consultancy which invented the first Apple Mouse. In this episode, IDEO took on a challenge to redesign the shopping cart in just five days. The episode featured a group of experts from diverse disciplines—a Harvard MBA, a linguist,...

This story was originally published in print on Nov. 15, 2018. When I was a freshman, someone told me a riddle: “What’s the difference between a philosopher and a large pepperoni pizza?” The answer: “A large pepperoni pizza can feed a family of four.” There is a common assumption that humanities...