Our society depends on the wisdom
of the public mind to guide wise public policy.
Thank you Michael Seward (# 30), who wrote in response to Pielke's repeated argument that getting the facts straight isn't important that, «our society depends on the wisdom
of the public mind to guide wise public policy.»
The billboards are the brainchild of the game's agency Deutsch, and the hope is that these signs will help push the game to the very forefront
of the public mind and drum up some real hype around the game.
Their work is a model for the political effectiveness of bringing atrocities to the forefront
of the public mind and conscience.
Of course, launching a successful viral campaign involves much more than just dreaming up a clever video, and for every viral campaign that claws its way to the surface
of the public mind, dozens or hundreds of others sink leaving scarcely a ripple.
One could go on enumerating undemocratic elements in our society — the vast disparity in incomes and living conditions, the myth of equal opportunity for education and employment, the regimentation and militarization
of the public mind, the threat to democracy which would ensue if a system of compulsory peacetime military training should be adopted.
Even though the official media of communication may in principle be devoted to the good, those who operate them are never wise enough or good enough to be the exclusive architects
of the public mind.
Not exact matches
This pronouncement, along with Johnson's (and executive chairman Howard Schultz's) apology, meetings with community leaders, and enlisting the guidance
of civil rights leaders such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and the NAACP's Sherrilyn Ifill, ensures that this incident and the specter
of racial bias will remain in the
public's
mind beyond a few days.
Damn the investors for making money on such lunacy, damn the paranoiacs who think the added fluoride in our
public water systems is a
mind - control drug, damn the Times for running a massive photo
of a startup founder who thinks water «expires» and is described as «sitting naked and cross-legged on a hot spring, his long brown hair flowing over his chest.»
They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing things that make people look good), Triggers (acknowledging that we talk about things that are top -
of -
mind), Emotion,
Public (imitating what we see others do), Practical Value (news people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise
of idle chitchat).
The cheques do not have to be tied in the
public's
mind to the GST credit; call it the Canada Food Inflation Rebate (CFIR), but piggyback it off
of the existing infrastructure provided by the GST credit program.
The Chinese
public had something else in
mind, and went straight for the jugular with thousands
of ordinary citizens taking Modi to task over territorial claims.
Cook explains that the difference between a password and a biometric identifier is great under the law — you have a right not to reveal the contents
of your
mind, which includes things like a password, but your fingerprints are a part
of who you are and you expose them to the
public every day.
When it comes to
public relations, data security needs to be top
of mind, no matter your industry.
Questions are also being asked about the practices
of McKesson and its peers by Congress, where the dire
public health crisis is increasingly top
of mind.
There is no figure in
public life, with the possible exception
of her husband, who has so strong a hold on liberal hearts and
minds.
If it is to ever matter again in the
minds of the general
public, it's going to have to change into a company that oozes fun.
Here are seven areas that should always be top -
of -
mind for any aspiring
public speaker, along with some helpful tips on how to avoid overdoing it:
Public housing vouchers for the poor are targeted as well, much to the consternation
of the pragmatic -
minded lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, whose programs were significantly curbed by a hard - fought 2011 budget and debt agreement.
It is good for the investing
public to know that the company is making decisions about things like dividends with the best interests
of shareholders in
mind, rather than the best interests
of the CEO.
Some other labour organizations have followed suit, including Toronto CUPE locals which, in the wake
of a privatization drive by Mayor Rob Ford, have run several hearts - and -
minds campaigns depicting individual city employees talking about the
public services they deliver.
So if you're rethinking your own company's level
of LGBT policies and activism in the wake
of the Nike - Pacquiao news, keep in
mind that your culture's openness to LGBT employees is more than just a rating in an index, or a
public stance against a celebrity's remarks.
If your
public relations team can be consistent with the release
of company information, it will assist in captivating the
minds of the
public more effectively, and gain new interest in whatever product or service your company is selling.
But perhaps more important, they underestimate the depth
of legitimate debate over the way even
public -
minded MBAs ought to put their values into action when at work.
Innovative
minds and persistent efforts have led to unprecedented collaboration between the
public and private sectors, resulting in the successful completion
of important infrastructure projects that otherwise would have been unaffordable.
News organizations once had a more central role in setting the terms
of public debate, balancing money - making aspects
of publishing with more civically
minded accountability journalism.
It's the kind
of common - sense, let - the - people - decide argument that would fit well in the mouth
of a former
public servant with a «higher loyalty» in
mind.
Meanwhile, the similarly
minded local search company Yelp went
public, and its stock soared 64 % on its first day
of trading in early 2012.
Valkenburgh underlined this
public and civic -
minded aspect
of future decentralized growth.
I highlight this part
of your article because countering this argument is so critical for changing the
minds of both policymakers and the American
public.
Since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the personal data
of millions
of Facebook users, one question has lingered in the
minds of the
public: What other data did Dr. Aleksa
To my
mind, the importance
of expectations highlights the value
of some sort
of inflation target that is well understood in the
public mind and which provides a fixed point around which inflation expectations can coalesce.
Texas eminent domain lawyer Luke Ellis, told the Houston Chronicle: «The
public interest question surrounding exports provides an opening to challenge land takings in court, and is almost certainly on the
minds of pipeline executives.»
If you can, and wish, to take advantage
of the
Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, keep in
mind that your loan will automatically be transferred to FedLoan Servicing.
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of new customer opportunities via foot traffic, phone calls, website traffic, e-newsletter sign ups, social media engagement — Tell «the story»
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of mind awareness — Build the credibility
of your business — Control the
public's perception
of your business
We should
mind it because the Fed's mandate doesn't include commandeering a huge chunk
of the
public's savings; and we should
mind it because the Fed isn't designed to employ our savings efficiently.
Since its birth on April 5, 2012, when President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law, equity crowdfunding has become a byword in aspiring entrepreneurial
minds encouraged by the prospect
of raising capital directly from the
public online.
As well, Albertans are so hopeful now at the prospect
of liberation from the fear
of retribution for speaking their
minds about government behaviour and policy in
public, in the workplace or even among circles
of friends.
This rally has not enticed the
public to spend more and in fact, retail sales are off 6 % and still falling, thus, no recovery except in the
minds of Wall Street and Washington.
When royalty revenues weren't enough to cover the cost
of public services the government defaulted to cutting services rather than cutting waste, including patronage appointments to 320 agencies, boards and commissions or sweetheart deals with their friends (the Holy Cross Hospital springs to
mind).
The biggest problem with making
public predictions -
of which there are plenty to choose from - is that the more times you say something the less likely you are to change your
mind.
School Sucks is one
of the longest running liberty -
minded podcasts on the web, and the only one completely devoted to the issue
of education (versus
public school and college).
Together with this, it's also worth keeping in
mind the fact that these agencies don't have a good reputation with the
public, considering the fact that the NSA has been accused
of not respecting the right to private life
of people from all around the United States.
Well I'm sure there is no way you ant to prove that here on the blog but I'm equally certain that the next time you walk into a U.S.
public classroom you'll have that thought in the back
of your
mind «I'm breaking the law»
To these and other examples
of how feminist -
minded writers have become inadvertent witnesses for the prosecution
of the sexual revolution, we might add recent
public reflection on the Pill's bastard child, ubiquitous pornography.
And yet they can not seem to eclipse, in the
public mind, a morally ambivalent war that ended seventy - three years ago, which was fought with the utmost ruthlessness, and one
of whose victors was an appalling despotism
of lies and murder.
The fact that Atheists can continue in
public discourse without fear
of retribution is a testament to the congeniality
of all
of us «close -
minded bigots».
Public discourse is too often reduced to the barking
of dogs (no disrespect meant to the dogs,
mind you).
Keep in
mind that the general
public was racist and did not like to see authority
of any kind granted to those they deemed ought to be slaves.
It was the first
public evidence
of the project that had gradually taken shape in my
mind during the preceding years: to work out on the level
of systematic theology the ancient Israelitic view
of reality as a history
of God's interaction with his creation, as I had internalized it from the exegesis
of my teacher Gerhard von Rad, after I had discovered how to extend it to the New Testament by way
of Jewish eschatology and its developments in Jesus» message and history.