Sentences with phrase «about societal»

The number of tech insiders raising concerns about the societal impact of technology is growing.

And, again, concern about the societal impact of filter bubbles has increasingly become a mainstream discussion point in recent months and years.

The American decision, United States v. Warshak, is very much about the societal value of confidential e-mail communications.

The Peoples» Summit on Climate Change (Cumbre de los Pueblos)-- running parallel to the UN talks - gathered together social movements from Peru, Latin America and all over the world to exchange experiences and build momentum to bring about the societal transformations needed to address the roots of the climate crisis and create a more just world.

This paper examines future economic damages from tropical cyclones under a range of assumptions about societal change, climate change and the relationship of climate change to damage in 2050.

Until this is achieved, it will be hard to be specific about the societal impacts of future greenhouse gas emissions, an uncertainty that, it can be argued, should make us even more cautious about disturbing the system.

Yet scientists» concerns about the societal consequences of climate change deserve no special deference.

They have feelings and views about societal dimensions of science, but feelings are not the same as research - based, quantitative and qualitative understandings of, say, the interactions among climate, society, and the environment.

Through this conversation, a combination of language play, moving image and installation, Theobald explores conflicted feelings about societal conventions, the repeated cycle of human existence, and the ways that received wisdom about life, love, death, freedom and personal growth feed back into daily life through depictions in film, television and music.

To them, breeding animals is a selfish act, and not about the societal «greater good» or the welfare of the animals.

I believe there's a common mindset or thread shared between people who achieve success early - on or who don't worry about societal norms like finishing college and having a «white picket fence house».

As a former business reporter who loves reading about societal shifts, I got the same thrill while reading this that I did with Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, the palpable sense of a sea change in an industry that also had cascading effects on the rest of the world.

This group of attractive, intelligent, thoughtful, and highly skilled young people have also accepted the idea of «green» cars, believing that it is and will be important for designers to think about societal needs as well as about cars as dynamic sculptural objects.

However, some gifted children differ in terms of their emotional and moral intensity, sensitivity to expectations and feelings, perfectionism, and deep concerns about societal problems.

-- Ralph Müller - Eiselt Biased algorithms are everywhere, so at a critical moment in the evolution of machine learning and AI, why aren't we talking about the societal issues this poses?

There's no fruit in looking at Conquest as a Christ parable, but there's endless fruit in looking at The Passion of the Christ as a big - budget version of an exploitation / snuff film, packed to the rafters with disturbing suggestions about societal order (gays suffer a lot at the hands of Gibson's fantasies — women, mostly, at Fulci's), and flying in under the radar of social acceptability where Fulci's films have been relegated to the fanatic's collection and the last independent movie store in your state.

It soon becomes a film about societal constructs, then organized crime amongst elites, then refugees, then class warfare, and then back to environmentalism.

It doesn't sound like a must - see from that description, but A Separation is an expertly plotted, riveting drama that takes unexpected detours and raises all kinds of questions about societal and religious traditions.

It was the formidable lead actress, Ellen Page (Juno), who first brought the Jean Hegland novel about societal collapse and a return to nature, to Rozema, who soon adapted it for the screen.

It was the formidable lead actress, Ellen Page (Juno), who first brought the Jean Hegland novel about societal collapse and a return to nature, to Rozema, who soon adapted... Read more»

In between this barrage of dance numbers, Jackman attempts to convey Barnum's worries about societal validation with a quiver of a lip or downcast eyes.

Again, this may suggest that Madden and Lenhart's (2006) conclusions about societal views of online dating more accurately represent people's real attitudes toward finding romance on the Internet than do the conclusions of scholars such as Anderson (2005) and Wildermuth (2001, 2004) such that — for persons of any age — online daters are no longer viewed in the pejorative terms they once were.

What about the societal pressure that comes from the black community when their daughter is dating a white man?

She likes writing about societal issues and business news; she is greatly involved in the fashion magazine culture where she manages a French edition.

«As a company, we often talk about the societal responsibility we feel to deliver on the promise of mRNA science for patients.

Those in the next 10 will be about societal and environmental issues,» said Axel P. Lehmann of Zurich Insurance, at the launch last week of a WEF report that polled the opinions of 900 experts, including researchers, politicians and business leaders.

«We continue to pay the ethical and economic costs of not being sufficiently vigilant about the societal ramifications of biological research and medical technology,» says the office's director, Roger Herdman.

When asked about societal welfare, only 19 % said «It's everyone for themselves».

AAP recommends having a serious discussion with your teenager about societal acceptance of tattoos.

This book includes a lot of information about societal variations in the weaning process as well as how to choose whether or not it's time for you and your little one to begin the weaning process.

Such trends lead to social conflicts that bring about societal violence and wars.

When you think of injustice, your mind might automatically go to thinking about societal ills like crime and poverty.

«Larger companies are starting to see the benefit of thinking about not just profit, but about societal and environmental value as well,» says Chou.

Not exact matches

«We know relatively little about why older adults decide to pursue self - employment in later life, the self - employment experience itself, and the individual and societal outcomes of this growing type of work,» Halverson and Morrow - Howell write.

They warn about the «law of unintended consequences» in this ratio, and how societal wealth disparity should not be laid on the doorstep of companies.

Surely in these conservative times, as we look over our shoulders toward the Dark Ages and fear the societal train is about to hurtle toward them in reverse, this would cause controversy.

In light of yesterday's post about how the expensive iPhone may be counter-productive to societal goals, I thought it might be prudent to also touch on the other side.

If the societal trend that launched your product flounders, then think about another direction.

Regardless of how you feel about the election, we hope our data analysis encourages more people to pay close attention, and illuminates how technology is opening up new kinds of societal understanding based on mobile usage.

News of the planned expansion of the Amazon Go concept is sure to set off fresh concerns about the great societal challenges that come with the type of automation that Amazon is inventing.

I hope to convince J.D. that while I grew up with very liberal, Jewish parents (dad from South America) in California, and in a nuclear family without alcohol or violence, I experienced surprisingly similar parallels to many of J.D.'s societal views — even if we may have drawn moderately different conclusions about the underlying solutions.

Gorsuch has said that if judges factor in personal beliefs, societal changes or calculations about maximizing social welfare, they risk becoming «little more than politicians with robes.»

The study was sponsored by the global insurer and health services company Cigna, which is concerned about loneliness as a societal problem but also because it's not just making us sad: It can literally make us sick.

Not only is «Blockers» one of the few women - directed movies coming from a major studios this year, but it's sex - positive message about consent and societal pressures around people losing their virginity make it an incredible feat in the midst of the #MeToo and Time's Up movement.

While regional differences reveal a mix of threats that concern CEOs, they share a common increasing worry about broader societal developments — geopolitical uncertainty, terrorism, and climate change — rather than direct business risks such as changing consumer behaviour or new market entrants.

The motivation for doing so reflects the societal gains that I talked about earlier from the banking system engaging in an appropriate amount of maturity transformation.

In this session, we will hear from an industry leader about macro trends, consumers, products, and the societal goals of business as they strive to stay ahead in this new age of digital media & entertainment.

According to PwC's just - released Global CEO Survey, top executives are anxious about broad societal threats.

About MaRS Discovery District MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs supporting a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.

What he thought about gay people is irrelevant at best and one can not expect him alone to break the stigma of societal norm of his era (apparently many still live in that era).