Sentences with phrase «of human numbers»

With all the projections of human numbers by 2050, the most hopeful scenario to me is that various catastrophes act to reduce the population by half or better.

Perhaps leaders are now called upon to lead by reasonably and sensibly limiting the global growth of human numbers, per capita consumption and endlessly expanding production capabitities so that we find a balanced relationship with nature and, consequently, give this marvelous planetary home God has blessed us to inhabit the time it requires for self - renewal.

Other data suggest the rapid and continuous increase of human numbers through Century XXI and beyond.

If left to our own devices, we will continue in the exercise of our «inalienable rights» to outrageously consume Earth's limited resources; to recklessly expand economic globalization unto every corner of our natural world and, guess what, beyond; and to carelessly consent to the unbridled global growth of human numbers so that where there are now 6 + billion people, by 2050 we will have 9 + billion members of the human community and, guess what, even more people, perhaps billions more in the distant future, if that is what we desire.

If left to our own devices, we will continue in the exercise of our «inalienable rights» to outrageously consume Earth's limited resources; to recklessly expand economic globalization unto every corner of our natural world and, guess what, beyond; and to carelessly consent to the unbridled global growth of human numbers so that where there are now 6 + billion people, by 2050 we will have 9 + billion members of the human community and, guess what, even more people, perhaps billions more in the distant future, if that is what we «free wheelers and dealers» desire.

If that happens, isn't the result an eventual expansion of human numbers and the human imprint?

Of course, this is not all because of human numbers; it also has to do with how much each of us consumes.

It is the combination of the twin curses of human numbers and human behaviour that has caused our environmental problems.

Lurking behind all this is a potential crisis in the very resource that has enabled this unprecedented expansion of human numbers: fossil fuels.

Not exact matches

«Yes, we must protect the environment — it is our number one resource — but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, human contact, coastal development» as other significant threats to coral.

On a somber human note, the storm is already being cited for some 20 fatalities — 10 of them in New York City — and officials fear that number may rise.

In March of 2017, Recode obtained internal documents showing that human drivers had to take over from Uber's system very frequently relative to the same numbers for other self - driving efforts.

Similarly, the advent of automated teller machines in the 1970s actually led to an increase in the number of human tellers.

This is a guest post by Daniel Davies, a sociology expert who prepares case studies of human behavior for a number of magazines.

Southwest even creates other reminders that there are humans in the company by still using manual boards in airports to post flight numbers and other information instead of using digital screens.

Considering the large number of recording artists who will be in attendance at the Grammys, and the many thousands of photos and videos that will be taken during the event, the Recording Academy will be able to rely on the Watson artificial intelligence platform to sort through reams of content and «create unique fan experiences» with the type of speed and efficiency that would be impossible for humans to do manually.

The number of times a human is required to move data from one location to another increases the likelihood of error due to transposition of numbers, typos or a simple misunderstanding and labor is the most costly and finite component of your business.

They want to see all of this because their number one criteria is the human.

«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.

As technological advances such as machines being able to acquire natural language abilities that match median human capability, the numbers and types of activities that are technically susceptible to automation will increase.

Romet has implemented a number of highly formalized processes, like daily planning and production meetings, and weekly staff reviews and human resource updates.

In order to accomplish that growth, Sutterfield made a number of key hires early in his tenure, including operations and human resources managers.

Google's YouTube has expanded a little - known «Trusted Flagger» program, allowing groups ranging from a British anti-terror police unit to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights organization, to flag large numbers of videos as problematic and get immediate action.

In addition, courts (though not human - rights tribunals) are raising the burden of proof for mental injury, which will likely limit the number of claims.

«There are about 100 billion neurons in a human brain, which is about the same as the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy.»

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a non-profit based in Massachusetts, has identified a number of potential risks posed by such crops, ranging from introducing new allergens to the food supply to increasing antibiotic resistance in humans and animals.

The «microbiome,» or the collection of organisms that reside within the human body (especially the gut), has become a big new interest area for a number of major pharma companies like Merck and smaller biotechs alike.

Such models can recreate the complex layers of tissue in the human body to study a practically infinite number of grievous wounds from all angles, speeds, and styles of bullets (or even shrapnel from mines and improvised explosive devices).

Remarkably, The Human Gathering has cut the number of people attending in 2018 from 200 to 150.

Furthermore, a number of these vital processes are very manual, meaning they are subject to the all - too - common risk of human error.

You Can Negotiate Anything, probably the most entertaining of the books, skips any allusion to scholarship about the human tendency to defer to authority, instead citing an old Candid Camera episode in which a surprising number of highway drivers confronted with the sign «Delaware Closed» actually turned around.

Assuming the letter you've received doesn't paint the whole picture for you, calling this number will be well worth it as talking to a person not only helps you understand the nuances of the situation but there's comfort in knowing that a human being with a name and a face at the IRS is there to help you figure things out.

Andrew Batholomaeus, a consultant toxicologist at Australia's University of Canberra and the University of Queensland, states that «the potential human health consequences of discouraging the use of pyriproxyfen in drinking water storage and other mosquito - reduction programs is catastrophic with potential deaths and serious disease from otherwise avoidable malaria, dengue and other mosquito - borne diseases numbered in at least the hundreds of thousands.»

The fallout from the accident could stall the development and testing of self - driving vehicles, designed to eventually perform far better than human drivers and to sharply reduce the number of motor vehicle fatalities that occur each year.

«Horrific mass killings receive the most media attention, but as can be seen by the numbers, they only represent a small portion of the total costs - human and medical - of gun injuries in the United States,» said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center in Boston, who was not involved with the study.

«Good organizations are forecasting their human capital and looking at the demographic data — who's graduating from university, how many people are retiring and the number of people available to take their place.»

«The more the number of climbers, the more human waste and garbage that are left on the mountain.

However, the sheer number of potential moves on any given turn means that Go is in fact one of the most complex games humans have developed and AI scientists have been unable to master it for decades.

(But context is important; oxytocin plays a bewildering number of roles in animals, and possibly some nefarious ones in humans.)

It argues that humans come with an inbuilt universal grammar that has a specific number of settings - each corresponding to the acceptable order in which words and parts of words can be arranged in a given language system.

Last week, GM filed a petition with NHTSA requesting an exemption to have a small number of autonomous vehicles operate in a ride - share program without steering wheels or human drivers.

These cold, hard numbers are pretty convincing, but if you're looking for more human reasons to go along with the startup visa plan, there's no shortage of stories of promising entrepreneurs desperate to create American jobs but held up by their immigration woes.

While we thrive thanks to lightning speed Internet connections, cell phones that are smarter than the average human being and other neat gadgets that make our lives feel and seem easier, we are exhausting a number of non-renewable resources.

According to Citizen Lab, a censorship watchdog at the University of Toronto, Netsweeper's customers have allegedly included telecom firms in a number of countries — including Qatar, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates — that have troubled records in terms of human rights and political freedoms.

A number of companies have built highly successful systems of record: Salesforce, in the sales function, Intuit in finance and Workday, in human resources are notable ones.

A significant number of jobs are in content review, where A.I. still needs a lot of human help in protecting the company from what Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg called «bad actors.»

Boston Dynamics has produced a number of robots that mimic human and animal movement, including Atlas, a humanoid model that co-ordinates motion and balance using its arms and legs and can pick itself up off the ground when knocked over.

An increasing number of biotech firms are focusing on bringing «human - like» therapies to the animal world.

We also take action on any accounts we find that violate our terms of service, including asking account owners to confirm a phone number so we can confirm a human is behind it.

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center poll, the number of Republican voters who say they believe in human - caused climate change was 23 percent while the number of Democrats was 69 percent.