Granted, to build the simulations and tools to support hypothesis building and testing is hard. But it can also help to unleash the innate creativity and curiosity that school too often hammers into the ground. In the field of information technologies, what is easy is usually considered cheap, and what is hard expensive. In contrast, the harder approach seems a bargain that we can't afford to miss or delay. This potential is not generally being realized.
Humanists can do so without becoming technologists.
In fact, it is precisely their specialist skills that are needed. Starwars notwithstanding, our understanding of the issues is still at a very primitive state. In conclusion, this has been an article about activism. Hopefully it has made the point that it is both important and worthwhile to get involved. But there is one big difference between the two.