Sentences with phrase «in human time»

Like other large scale perturbations in systems, climate forcing is certain to unfold in ecological and biological systems in very surprising ways as unknown limits are passed beyond a point of no return in human time scales...

Because mixing is relatively slow, although important in the human time scale, when deeper waters mix with the surface it can now absorb more CO2.

But if we replace these sources of energy with others that allow us to continue modern industrial society's implicit program of turning everything on earth into toxic waste, success against GW will be a rather hollow victory (not that I think any kind of real total «success» on this front is really possible at this point in any human time scale).

But in human time frames that's a long time to be missing huge parts of the ecosystem.

This particular Earth age in human time is also called the Age of Love and Brotherhood.

These memory problems and signs of brain trouble were gone by 120 days, which translates to about a decade in human time, Korte says.

Perhaps none is more astounding than a prediction of super storms, this century, greater than anything seen in human times.

Or the change in Central Australia, where lakes abounded in human times, because Aboriginal cave paintings in the area show fish, reeds and water birds.

Greenland has been bare in human times, and may be again soon.

Not exact matches

During that time, she designed products that tried to bring together the best aspects of human trading in the pit and electronic trading.

It was the first time in 13 years that I truly felt human.

I believe in the years to come, how we choose to spend our time and what we decide to work on is going to make us less mechanical, and more human.

The plan entails getting the first humans on the planet in 2023, then ferrying 100 people at a time in reusable rockets and running the flights with regular frequency.

Uber at first claimed the human driver had been in control when that happened, but reporters at The New York Times obtained internal documents showing that the car failed to recognize the light.

In addition to human service providers, you can also use technology to free up time without sacrificing work output.

Rodriguez: It was risky in this sense: You'd seen «Planet of the Apes,» but that's an ape, we were making for the first time a really human face.

The striking example I focused on then was the cancer drug Avastin, developed by Genentech (now Roche)-- which, at the time, had been studied in at least 400 completed human clinical trials for various cancers.

Does that mean it's time to brace for «the singularity» — the hypothesized moment when superintelligent machines start improving themselves without human involvement, triggering a runaway cycle that leaves lowly humans ever further in the dust, with terrifying consequences?

But the thing that makes us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves to be pulled in another direction.»

We are moving towards a setting where Amy is near instant, but even in her current incarnation she tends to beat most human assistants in response time and working days (given her 24/7 machine setting).

In a non-union environment, employers can dump employees any time, for virtually any reason as long as it doesn't violate human rights laws.

Kurzweil has appeared in Inc. magazine numerous times (he let us scan his brain and told us how to predict the future) and is the leading advocate of a school of thought called the singularity, which says, essentially, that humans will eventually turn into robots and live forever.

This is the greatest time in human history for those who take 100 percent responsibility for their economic well being.

In the new issue of Inc., I talked to the billionaire venture capitalist about why he's been putting so much of his time and money into biotech startups, particularly those focused on health and human biology.

But it was foolish not to invest in full - time human resources.»

Let these 20 quotes from Dr. Wayne Dyer motivate you to become more as a human being, tap into your limitless potential and take time out of your busy day to remember a man that transformed millions of lives in such a profound and powerful way.

«At one time, touch screen was a significant move forward,» Fenwick adds, «but actually getting that conversational interaction is going to be the next big stride forward in terms of human - machine interface.»

In order to reduce human - shark interactions while protecting sharks at the same time, researchers are using a variety of scientific experiments and common - sense strategies.

Connor says that smaller companies could draft a code themselves, especially if they are in a low - risk, low - liability field, and Fraedrich similarly advises that if you have more than 20 employees, it's time to consult an ethicist or human resources specialist.

You have to go back to the fundamentals — for the first time in human history, we decided to trust the people to govern themselves.

«Oftentimes the company will just have an answering machine in human resources with a dedicated phone number, but 90 percent of the time it's ineffective and employees don't use it,» says George Ramos, a managing partner and senior executive investigator at Diversified Risk Management (DRM), a Downey, California - based firm that handles corporate security and investigations.

Given how so much in communications and human interaction now happens online, it's easier than ever to get a part - time venture going, find a market, close business, and get paid.

The New York Times said this adverb is «undoing 2,000 words of human progress,» a statement that inspired Jerry Seinfeld to respond in the pages of the Times.

The process is optimized for efficiency: McKesson has planned and timed every human motion required in the picking process.

If you weren't an early adopter of Twitter, or don't spend a ton of time checking your timeline (or if you're just a normal human being with better things to do) you can get a little behind in Twitter abbreviations and acronyms.

As businesses evolve over time, it's important to examine whether your human resources and staffing model is optimized in support of your current and future needs.

In 2011, a Google self - driving car slammed into another vehicle; Google later claimed a human was driving at the time.

Context — e.g., who said what and why, when they said it, who they know, how often they engage in conversation — is difficult even for humans at times.

A 2016 study published in Computers in Human Behavior found that 17 percent of smartphone users «phub» four times a day.

In a survey of more than 800 full - time U.S. employees conducted by Globoforce in November of last year, 47 percent of respondents said they didn't think their company leaders cared about or were actively trying to create a «human» workplacIn a survey of more than 800 full - time U.S. employees conducted by Globoforce in November of last year, 47 percent of respondents said they didn't think their company leaders cared about or were actively trying to create a «human» workplacin November of last year, 47 percent of respondents said they didn't think their company leaders cared about or were actively trying to create a «human» workplace.

Some parents raising children in the smartphone and tablet era limit their kids» «screen time,» because they believe emerging research that shows that speech and language development hinges on everyday human interactions.

It's human nature to want to spend time in a nice, clean environment.

If we judge a civilization's success by its endurance over time, then the Bushmen are the most successful society in human history.

The reality is that all but a very select group of cities are struggling to figure out how to create jobs in a time when companies are less dependent on human beings and traditional industries face technology - and trade - driven disruption.

The company has also been bulking up its board: Obama's one - time Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius, marketing consultant and philanthropist Lynne Benioff (who is an investor in Hampton Creek along with her husband, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff), and co-founder of artificial intelligence company DeepMind Mustafa Suleyman have joined as directors, Tetrick says.

The ride - hailing app previously argued that it didn't need the $ 150 permit since humans were present in its autonomous Volvo XC90 SUVs at all times.

Apparently, it's possible to analogize a business startup to nearly every stage in the human life cycle: There's an article «Starting A Business Is Like Asking Out A Girl For The First Time» and a line in another post declares, «Starting a business is like falling in love.»

Drugs that worked in the microtumor worked 88 percent of the time on humans, and drugs that failed in the microtumor failed 100 percent of the time in the patient.

It's the first known time the technique has actually been deployed in a human.

There's also a great message about the need, as human beings, to have real - world interaction and not be plugged in all the time.