The 2008 global crisis shook the world as a whole, though its impact was dramatically felt in what they call “the West.” The formula that countries, as well as transnational organizations, gave to overcome the crisis was simple: “we must refund capitalism.” Under the influence of the neoliberal paradigm, economic recovery was only made possible extinguishing the welfare state in many developed, and developing, countries. One of the main consequences of that transformation was the sacrifice of full-employment politics by governments: companies would go back to the pre-crisis benefit levels, after implementing layoffs and/or aggressive cutdowns in costs that increased the unemployment rates everywhere. Confronted with the need to find a job, people were ready to work at any cost. As competition between potential workers for the same job position has grown, university degrees oriented towards being more competitive and more productive seem to have won the battle against speculative, reflective knowledge. Humanities, therefore, are regarded useless, in the sense that they do not seem to provide individuals with practical knowledge to become useful in the job market. Instead, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, etc. are getting more students, emphasizing their best for contents that can be easily applied to the workplace. However, is disrespect toward humanities not turning us into less human, and more aggressive, ultra-productive individuals? The goal of this chapter is to study the situation to reach a proper conclusion on the topic.