Pierre Teilhard de Chardin has made much of this in his widely read The Phenomenon of Man, but long before the publication of that volume C. Lloyd - Morgan in his Gifford lectures had indicated the significance of such «emergents», along with the «importance» (although this is not his, but Whitehead's, word) which they possess both in the ongoing movement of the world and as a way of our grasping
of the meaning of that world in its on going movement.
Here I have especially in mind the insistence of existentialism on the involvement of the self in every interpretation
of the meaning of the world, a point with which existentialist thinkers from Kierkegaard to Jaspers, Marcel, Sartre, and Heidegger have been much concerned.
There is a dialectical relationship
of meanings of the world and meanings for the body.
Not exact matches
The online
world may be the key to success these days, but that doesn't
mean you should completely disregard the idea
of offline marketing.
It is also going to be the
world's biggest naturally ventilated building, which
means that it isn't going to have to be heated or air conditioned for nine months out
of the year.
Freelance work can allow them to get real
world experience and earn some money until they land a full - time job, he said, although relying solely on that type
of employment can also
mean there's a lack
of corporate identity — for the company as well as for the freelancers themselves.
Either
of these
meant that, relative to
world prices, Canadian oil was trading at a significant discount in Alberta.
The growth
of emerging economies
means there is room for Canadian - manufactured goods around the
world — but we're falling behind
«Ontario is the largest subnational debtor in the
world,» Oliver proclaimed from the comment pages
of the Financial Post at the end
of December, as if that (unsupported) fact carried profound
meaning.
This
means that the manufacturers around the
world are themselves potential customers for manufactured inputs exported from Canada to an ever - expanding set
of trading partners.
CONVINCING Australia about the merits
of what's potentially the
world's smallest and smartest kitchen appliance has been no
mean feat - but the mother - daughter team that has made Thermomix a household
«[Women's] natural conservatism
means women end up owning more
of their company and may get to profitability sooner than if they had all the capital in the
world,» says Singh Cassidy.
Getting elected president
of CONCACAF [the 41 - nation arm
of the
world soccer federation representing North and Central America and the Caribbean, in May] just
means it involves more travel and more conversations across time zones.
These numbers alone are not alarming — interpretations
of what sharia
means and how it should be applied vary widely across the Muslim
world.
Companies can also «test the waters» using the new provisions
of Regulation A —
meaning that you can let the
world know you are thinking
of raising investment dollars.
That
means interleaving not only produces better short - term results, it also results in much greater long - term retention — which is incredibly important in the real
world where the point
of learning isn't to simply remember something long enough to pass a test.
CNBC takes a look at how the changing attitudes
of Chinese youth towards work and life and what that
means for the future
of the
world's second - largest economy.
In the startup
world, this
means that companies that aim to improve the experiences
of young white men get a heck
of a lot more attention than those that spring from the experiences
of pretty much anyone else.
content while the already tech - heavy
world around you seems to be getting a little
meaner, harsher, and more polarized, you can take a small measure
of comfort knowing that there are people out there who see the
world the same way.
The country also is estimated to have the highest sheer number and diversity
of plants and animals for its size,
meaning it's the most dense country for biodiversity in the
world.
The wireless nature and storage constraints
of mobile devices
means 5G will open up a whole new
world of mobile gaming when it enables low - latency streaming, Waite said.
The difference is that in an S corp, owners pay themselves salaries plus receive dividends from any additional profits the corporation may earn, while an LLC is a «pass - through entity,» which
means that all the income and expenses from the business get reported on the LLC operator's personal income tax return, says Ebong Eka, a CPA who also pens his own blog about the
world of entrepreneurship at MoneyMentoringMinutes.com.
You have to give Trevorrow a lot
of credit for taking on «Jurassic
World»: This was a film
meant to attract a huge audience that could have easily made a lot
of people angry if done incorrectly.
That
means people around the
world are using the Foursquare app on their smartphones to check in to places like restaurants, pubs, gyms, hotels, campuses, stadiums, retail stores, and just about any other type
of physical and even nonphysical locations.
Instant messaging has become a common
means of communicating in the business
world.
Since Estonia had little
means for attracting masses
of immigrants to its icy Northern European landscape, it came up with a quirky idea — another
of its firsts in the
world: offering people virtual residency.
In fact, «The stereotype
of the mad scientist talking to themselves, lost in their own inner
world, might reflect the reality
of a genius who uses all the
means at their disposal to increase their brain power,» she says.
Knowing that you have a unique lifestyle and view
of the
world means that you can't just choose anyone as most people do.
Change is critical — even if it
means losing top performers — because the
world has changed and what happens in the culture
of a company affects business metrics, said Huffington, who founded media website HuffPost.
The issues are rooted in a compound
of inevitable realities: the continuing disparity divide, a shortage
of workers for growing occupations, a widening skills gap for job categories yet to exist, algorithms and automation that keep eating the
world, and a new generation
of workers desperate to find
meaning in work.
This rising tide
of connectedness in the
world suddenly
means that if you're an English - language publisher, there are hundreds
of millions
of people around the
world where people speak English as a second language.
In the credit card
world, tokenization
means taking credit card account numbers out
of merchants» hands, replacing them with strings
of characters — essentially, digital tokens — that would, theoretically, be useless if stolen by criminals.
After the Second
World War, there was an explosion in correspondence: direct - mail advertising and the birth
of credit cards
meant a surge in demand for envelopes.
As Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told Cramer in December, over 80 percent
of people in the
world have never flown on a plane, and for Boeing, that
means growth.
While just 49
of Kepler's thousands
of planet candidates are Earth - size and in a habitable zone, the discovery has rocked the scientific
world: This could
mean billions
of such
worlds exist in the Milky Way galaxy alone.
The startup
world is full
of its fair share
of jargon, with buzzwords like «unicorn,» «disruption» and «innovation» becoming so commonplace in entrepreneurs» vocabulary that they nearly lose their
meaning.
The company follows «fair trade» practices,
meaning it pays some growers a guaranteed minimum base price regardless
of the
world market price.
(Fastly is an edge cloud platform, which basically
means it delivers content incredibly quickly by leveraging its network
of servers around the
world to reduce delivery latency and increase performance; the closer the content to a device, the quicker it's delivered.)
Which
means that even in the
world of advertising false teeth itself, there are multiple drill - downs, each one
of which targets a different audience - which would treat every other ad for a dentist that didn't talk to their angle and desire would be totally ignored!
I
mean, never before in the last thirty years have we seen so much
of economic activity dependent on, not just the Fed, but I would generalize it to central banks around the
world and the very accommodative policies.
If you find yourself functioning in the
world of startups, in really any capacity, you're probably about as sick and tired as I am with the litany
of overused keywords and coined terms such as pivot, innovation and disruption — they've all but lost their luster and intended
meanings.
After the Orlando shooting, Bee forcefully dismissed the entertainment
world's formula
of offering «well -
meaning words about how we'll get through this together, how love wins, how love conquers hate.»
Yan specializes in reporting unique cultural and consumer angles that illustrate the growth
of the Chinese economy and examines what the rise
of China
means for the rest
of the
world.
For example, if consumers are glued to their screens and engrossed in a virtual
world, or one that is overlaid with augmented imagery, does that
mean the chances
of injury spike?
The onset
of spring
means a cavalcade
of new products in the tech
world, especially in phones.
It also
means you have to get off your parents» health insurance plan and worry about finding your own way in the expensive and complex
world of health care.
«It
means you have misallocation
of resources, it
means that ultimately, the only way to clear the market is to sell things at a price that is below what the
world market price would otherwise be.»
At this conference, the topics
of race relations and
means of achieving lasting
world peace were discussed, because these were the problems the students selected as being most vital in today's
world.
There will be a lot
of commentary extolling what Jobs has
meant to the
world of technology and not much
of it will be overstated.
The end
of World War II
meant that fabric rationing was over.