In part, this is because regardless how smart politicians and bureaucrats might be, they have only a miniscule fraction of the total knowledge in a society.
FORBES: Class Warfare: The Mortal Enemy Of Economic Growth And Jobs
The national government can't be the supercompliant superprovider in an increasingly complex society with tacit knowledge dispersed in countless ways.
Through dialogue, compromise and cooperation, the conference can help lead us towards a knowledge society in which people everywhere, whatever their circumstances, can access, use, share and create data in an affordable and secure manner.
Although nutritionists are often a little sniffy about dietary supplements, pointing out instead how important it is to eat the right food in the first place, there are corners of society in which people lack either the knowledge or the means to do so, or simply choose to eat poorly.
The car is a status symbol in a society where success depends on knowledge, and the ad panders to the presumption that its viewers will have the knowledge to understand it.
Citizenship provides young people with the skills, knowledge and understanding to actively participate in our society at local, national and international levels.
They also aim at building up a critical mass of experience and knowledge, both in government institutions and in civil society, so that the beneficiary countries will be equipped with an appropriate sustainable framework for safeguarding intangible heritage and implementing the Convention on a long term basis.
Hard to see how that form of knowledge would equip anyone for life in a modern technological society.
CNN: Germany's Merkel is right -- multiculturalism has failed
In 1660, the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge was founded by Royal Charter of King Charles the Second.
The prize rewards up to three candidates that have made an outstanding contribution to the development of knowledge and society through art, teaching and research in the social sciences and humanities.
"I wanted to give back to give to the society I came from some fruit of the knowledge I learned in the U.S., " says the 52-year-old inventor.
On 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UNESCO is organizing an event to present its actions in ensuring access to quality education, information and knowledge as well as showing how civil society can advance the rights of people with disabilities.
The philosophy behind it is called anthroposophy, "a source of spiritual knowledge and a practice of inner development, " according to The Anthroposophical Society in America.
The ANII is an important partner in scientific and technological cooperation for sustainable human development in Uruguay, focused on moving towards a learning society and to an economy based on knowledge and motorized by innovation.
Without the skills to participate in a literate, technological world and the knowledge to transform their environment, people will remain on the margins of society, and society itself will lose their potential contributions.
Science needs to renew its contract with society, enhancing collaboration between scientists, governments, policy-makers and civil society to produce the knowledge, solutions and technologies that are needed to build the future green societies in a time of rapid environmental and social change.
应用推荐