Throughout her writing and lectures, virtual communication researcher Sherry Turkle shares unsettling stories of «connecting» in the Digital Age — chilling anecdotes from her own life and from the lives of others that illustrate
the dangers of taking the norms of today's high - tech society for granted — snapshots of moments that expose the alienation created by blind acceptance of these norms.
All you have to do is turn on a TV and within a few minutes you're hit with a Mesothelioma commercial, a DePuy Hip ad or Mirena IUD commercial informing you of the potential health risks, side effects and
dangers of taking a certain drug or using a certain product.
Rather than risk
the dangers of taking the stand, he might prefer to remain silent at that point, putting off his testimony until its value can be realistically assessed.
Having spent 112 days in five hospitals and going through 12 eye operations, Karen Bartlett wanted to educate others about
the dangers of taking prescribed medication.
Our perspective is much less ambitious — we prefer to consider technology for its potential but acknowledge
the dangers of taking computers as an educational panacea.
Regardless of what option works best for you,
the dangers of taking workout supplements (which produce questionable results to begin with) are becoming far too great to ignore.
Besides the obvious
dangers of taking prescription drugs such as overdose, allergic reactions, and interactions, pharmaceutical drugs may be harmful because they have inorganic compounds that an ordinary person can not necessarily digest and assimilate.
The presence of gelatin creates a risk of bacteria and is one of
the dangers of taking this product.
The nonexistent jobs crisis is a reminder of
the dangers of taking government data at face value and using them for unintended purposes.
So far, the only side effects appear to be nausea and diarrhea, but no one really knows the long - term
dangers of taking high vitamin and mineral doses.
He advised that the Government should sensitize people on
the dangers of taking drugs without doctor's prescription.
They can be consulted on the possible
dangers of taking marijuana while breastfeeding.
Guardiola spoke about
the dangers of taking Basel for granted before the game, but his lineup reflected the reality of the situation with seven starters 23 or younger.
And now Perez is learning
the dangers of taking on the media, who can always have the final word in any argument, because Marca have responded by aiming their ire squarely at the man who is widely perceived as Perez's personal favourite: Bale.
That shows
the dangers of taking the league's most popular teams, but it doesn't win at a high enough rate to cover the standard -110 juice charged by sportsbooks.
Let us remember
the dangers of taking everything we read in the Bible literally.
Paul is similarly concerned both with God's covenant faithfulness and with
the dangers of taking it for granted.
It is important in this respect to note
the dangers of taking the Comedy as a sort of summa of medieval thought.
A danger of taking credit for stock market highs (like Trump did this summer, when he tweeted «U.S. Stock Market up almost 20 % since Election!»)
What's the potential
danger of taking whey?
One thing is certain, Arsenal will be in
no danger of taking our opponents lightly and as they say, you have to face the best clubs at some point so we might as well get it out of the way now eh Gooners?
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Down by two goals in the third period and playing without their starting goalie, the Anaheim Ducks were in
danger of taking a loss that would certainly hurt their playoff chances.
He needs to do something he's in
danger of taking the club back to how it was when he joined.
Arsenal fans have been hoping for a player to solve the age old defensive midfield problem for some years now, but the Gunners were in
danger of taking a backward step rather than sorting it out, according to a Metro report.
«There's
a danger of taking something that may be common sense, but fetishising it into a philosophy, leading to heated debates about which is the ideal way to bring up children, when a middle way is almost always the best.»
The discipline of the law plays a vital role in promoting the high standards of administration in this country that we are in
danger of taking for granted.
The Centre for Economic Performance paper by Louis - Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy, that gave rise to an article in the Guardian claiming that banning mobile phones in schools raises the performance of pupils, is a classic example of
the danger of taking a micro view of a macro phenomenon.
This is
a danger of taking a first time project to a writers conference and pitching it before it is ready.
But here's
the danger of taking these kind of funny bits too seriously and forming opinions without having all the facts.
Christensen Law wants to help stop distracted driving by offering a scholarship to one lucky applicant who sees
the danger of taking their eyes and mind off the -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
AT&T faces the added
danger that the trial (and subsequent appeals, including all the way to the Supreme Court) will
take much longer than the late April deadline for the finalization
of the acquisition.
Demonstrating loyalty, a willingness to
take on a heavy workload, and a powerful combination
of digital and traditional leadership skills, Gen X is producing highly capable leaders that are in
danger of being overlooked.
The rankings
take into account the physical demands
of a job, the environmental conditions, whether a person's own life is in
danger, whether a person's job requires him or her to
take responsibility for the lives
of others and the degree
of involvement a person has with the public.
Dutch visual artist Barbara Visser is
taking an edgy stand against the
dangers of sitting at work all day.
Yet, as a country, we are probably more vulnerable than we were a decade ago because we failed to
take seriously the most important lesson
of the crisis: the
dangers of housing mania and the perils
of household debt.
«The Mark Webber team was telling him to try and
take care
of the engine a few laps before the finish because they could see from the data that the engine was in
danger of breaking down and two laps before the finish it exploded,» he added, referring to the F1 race driver.
Success also creates its own set
of dangers because you don't ever want to stop
taking big risks.
Still, it's unlikely that a P / E
of 24 will rise further; indeed, it's more likely in
danger of shrinking, in which case stocks would
take a beating.
Take a look and see if you're in
danger of falling into these traps.
It
took a long and painful trip through Chapter 11 to make me realize the
dangers of becoming consumed by the business.
Despite this and other authoritative warnings about the
dangers of climate change, Mr. Pruitt persists in pointing to uncertainty about the precise extent
of humanity's contribution to the problem as a basis for resisting
taking any regulatory action to help solve it.
Still, Dimon also
took aim at several
of Trump's policies and promises, warning
of the
dangers of scrapping longstanding trade agreements and
of cracking down on immigration, although he did so without explicitly criticizing the President.
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble once explained that unlike American policy - makers, who favour short - term corrective measures, «we
take the longer view and are therefore more preoccupied with the implications
of excessive deficits and the
dangers of high inflation.»
That's key information if you're planning to
take the witness stand,
of course, but it also underlines the
dangers of, say, tossing and turning all night before a big meeting too.
«One
of the potential
dangers of our global strategy is that we
take on too many battles across too many fronts and with too many competitors.
In a peak performance culture, everyone is expected to
take difficult stands and have difficult conversations whenever they experience a core operating principle
of the organization being violated regardless
of the perceived
danger that creates.
Not long after she
took charge in June 2006, Bair began sounding the alarm about the
dangers posed by the explosive growth
of subprime mortgages, which she feared would not only ravage neighborhoods when homeowners began to default — as they inevitably did — but also wreak havoc on the banking system.
Users are also
taking to Twitter to warn people
of the
dangers of the free service that needs so much
of people's data.
Others, including some gun control and mental health advocates, point to the increasing number
of states that allow law enforcement officers or, in some cases, family members or others to petition a court to temporarily
take guns from people who pose a
danger to themselves or others.
Papandreou has announced the referendum will
take place in early December, but it now looks like his government is in
danger of collapsing before then.