Sentences with phrase «of society the people»

It's the state's prerogative to make whatever laws necessary to build the type of society the people desire and to protect those people.

Not exact matches

When the only people giving and receiving venture funding belong to a small, homogenous group, society misses out on all kinds of breakthrough ideas and financial opportunities.

And I think the subject that I would talk about mostly is a level of compassion and empathy that we need to try to recognize that the only way our society and the promise of America and the American dream can continue to exist is to ensure the fact that those people who were at the lower end have the same opportunity that people have with the right ZIP code in America.

Reasonable people can debate the costs to society of the current federal government shutdown.

While we often feel to swamped with work, or too tired for leisure reading, research from the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, overall.

«I would just say that we may or may not have reached out to certain folks very early about the importance of data encryption, and if those people had used our software then that data that would still be protected today And it's a shame, a shame for society, that they did not take that simple action.

They will talk to the person sitting next to them on the bus, having retained that natural inquisitiveness we all had as children, but which society is so good at beating out of us,» he writes.

Pollution kills at least 9 million people every year and «threatens the continuing survival of human societies,» according to a new study.

The survey found that 63 percent of people believe A.I. can «help solve complex problems that plague modern societies.»

The venture - backed startup path is such a big part of society in this zeitgeist right now that it's attracting people that it's not the right fit for.

How much sleep one needs depends on the individual, but Huffington cites experts from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society who say that people between 18 and 60 years usually need seven to nine hours of sleep.

The Japanese government added an extra day to what's typically a two - day summit to accommodate Trump, whom an aide of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described this week as «one of the most remarkable people in the world because she is actively trying to support women entrepreneurs and improve women's participation in society,» according to The Washington Post.

«By recognizing and rewarding entrepreneurial pursuits, we're encouraging young people to use entrepreneurship as a means to a better future for themselves and all of society.»

Millian told ABC last July that he is «one of those very few people who have insider knowledge of Kremlin politics who has the ability to understand the Russian mentality and who has been able to successfully integrate in American society.»

However, we live in a society where far more people understand stories in terms of visual images rather than text, especially on the internet (YouTube, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.).

Society needs to figure out «how many people are born incapable of taking care of themselves, just physically and mentally,» said McNealy, also co-founder of digital marketing firm Wayin and online education community Curriki, on «Squawk Box.»

In fact, 40 % of retirees underestimate life expectancy of people their age by at least five years, according to a study by the Society of Actuaries.

«Social entrepreneurs are people who look at society and see the big problems and see innovative solutions that are permanent and can change the fabric of society,» says Dr. Lyndon Haviland, interim CEO for Darkness to Light, a non-profit organization tasked with preventing the sexual abuse of children.

I believe that people in our society are losing their sense of civility, courtesy and respect.

As a marketer, I can better target the people who see my products, and more intuitively develop products for specific segments of society.

At this point, the indications are that Aghdam's attack was the kind of event that has become all too familiar in American society: an isolated act committed by a person with a shaky grip on reality.

It's also connected me to people in a variety of professions who are committed to having difficult discussions about race, conversations that are essential if our society is going to reach its full, inclusive potential.

«Arguments about net neutrality shouldn't be used to prevent the most disadvantaged people in society from gaining access or to deprive people of opportunity.

If the majority of people fall further and further behind — while others in society become unbelievably rich — the notion that the most important value in a country is its citizens having the ability to select their leaders will lose sway.

You're going to end up with a whole bunch of people that aren't going to bother to make the effort and that's simply not good for society.

Thurman says that as people in business, «we should take heart because, although a lot of people who consider themselves progressive and spiritual feel like business is something very lowly, that it's about just making money, the vocation of business can be extraordinarily honorable and has the ability to make a long - lasting positive impact on our society and world at large.»

«It's quite normal for Americans and Western people to behave like this — they live in free sex societies where nobody cares about this sort of thing, so what do you expect?»

He will first cite Microsoft's mission to «empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more» and acknowledge his own beginnings in India as a sign of the power of technology to democratize society.

«It's still one of these things that people in our society find incredibly important and interesting about other people,» he says, with what sounds like annoyance.

Millennials have embraced self - deprecation as a great type of humor to have in a globalized society where people interact less in person because it adds an element of the ability to relate to the person with whom you are interacting.

Only 30 % of Americans think that what is good for business is good for society generally, and 65 % of Americans think that most of the world's biggest businesses have taken unethical actions like dodging taxes; that view is widely shared by people in the survey, which was conducted in September.

Rather than follow the Stalin model of turning an agrarian society of Russia into a state - owned industrial superpower like the USSR - killing millions of your own people in the process, incidentally - Myerson suggests that the government own all businesses by buying the stocks and bonds of all businesses as an «investment» in the private sector.

Of course, every person and every couple is different but this number is certainly surprising given what society believes about women and marriage.

«Given that the recession has been so long, and given that the growth is not strong enough to create real employment, the social malaise is so wide that... certainly a very large part of the society is afraid of the future, is angry, is against the people that have managed the country in the last decades,» Passera, who was an independent minister under the Mario Monti government, said Thursday.

They found that the people who were able to choose what to think about experienced a greater reduction of high - arousal negative emotions and a boost in low - arousal positive ones, as Christian Jarrett writes in a piece about the findings for the British Psychological Society research digest.

«I take the mindset of we owe it to society as a whole to retrain people whose jobs we displace but if we can make them happier and have a better job and put their efforts, their talents, to better use, that's still a net win.»

He instead suggested a more cooperative effort that involves «collaboration, analysis and getting people together across the spectrum of civic society, not - for - profit, education, government and business.»

It's also a foundation of our society that a supplier of a good or product should be able to charge as much for it as people are willing to pay.

«People who make more eye contact are perceived as more intelligent,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest blog, but the post also warns against overdoing it on the basis of yet more research.

He was part of a New York City dinner circuit that includes people who believe the US should go back to the gold standard, rich people who don't think they should have to give back to society in the form of taxes, and anyone interested in either of those ideas who wanted to write a book about them.

People tend to underestimate how long they might live: 43 percent of retirees and 38 percent of pre-retirees fell short by at least five years when asked to gauge the average life expectancy for someone of their age and gender, according to a 2011 survey from the Society of Actuaries.

In my years in leadership at the American Society of Journalists and Authors, I've encountered many people who like pushing buttons and are good at it, writers not always being the most mild - mannered of people.

How do we contribute to the good of people and society?»

By the postwar period, people in advanced societies had long since shed the old, laborious ways to embrace a sedentary duo of desk work and television watching, hopping into private automobiles to shuttle between the two.

If anything, society's increasing techo - ification has made people more appreciative of quality food and the time it takes to make and enjoy.

The book, part of a series of primers from the publisher on complex issues deemed impactful to society, is what it sounds like from its title: An overview of what people are talking about when they talk about artificial intelligence and concerns stemming from proliferation of technology that falls into the category.

I chose literacy because I honestly believe that if more people could read, write and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation and our society.»

Yet we take it for granted that our society produces machines and teaches people to do exactly that — and do it safely, statistically speaking, more often than any other mode of transportation.

We live in a society where there is a lot of abundance, and it goes to people with good minds who have been well trained and who work hard.

When this happens, a lot of times the person is then criticized for «not growing up» or «mooching» when in fact they are doing this solely to improve their financial situation in the long term and prevent themselves from being a leech on society long term.