Those attempting to improve the human lot worried that they themselves could be in the grip of internal cant.
On the other hand, I am confident that when this chapter of our life is finished, that we'll both be able to say that we've advanced the cause of peace and freedom and -- and the human -- and helped improve the human condition.
Still, they make us wonder -- what happens when it's possible to improve on the human body and mind?
But that policy was reversed by his successor Barack Obama, whose administration said it wanted to work from within the council to improve the UN human rights system.
There are doubtless many more refinements on the horizon that will improve the both the technology itself and the human feel of using it.
But, by taking over the simple part of many jobs, they improve the productivity of skilled human beings doing complicated things.
The company last week released the latest version of a product for research institutions to automate their regulatory compliance procedures, manage research project approvals and improve the efficiency of complicated human and animal research.
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"Particularly more investment in infrastructure is absolutely essential to get rid of some of the current (traffic) bottlenecks, more investment in education to improve human skills and allow industry and other sectors to move up the value chain, " Zavadjil said.
More investment is flowing to technologies such as upgraded power grids with smart meters that allow users to better manage their consumption of electricity, and energy-efficient buildings that reduce the cost of operations and improve human health through better air quality.
Every time they ran the data set against human curators and found differences, they were able to improve the algorithm.
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The president also was to call on the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to come up with a plan to improve the immunization rates for children "at risk" within 60 days.
The problem is that as machines improve and displace human workers our efforts will be devalued.
The car also aims to improve safety, since human drivers don't have a sterling record on that front.
The Americans share the Europeans' desire to see Turkey improve its human-rights record and ease its quarrel with Greece.
The EU Commission's October report acknowledges Turkey's reform efforts, but says more must be done to improve human rights, highlighting various violations in the Turkish justice system.
As executive director and founding member of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), she leads a movement of 80, 000 human rights activists who seek to improve the everyday lives of the southern African nation's women.
The railway companies complain that only 3% of crashes are caused by the sort of human error that PTC is designed to avert and that claims that the system will improve efficiency on the network are unfounded.
Professor Pinker, together with other speakers, stressed the importance of a self-regulation process in the context of Albania's attempts to become a member of the European Union as it would greatly improve press freedom and human rights in general.
Four professional bodies - the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society - say that while human enhancement technologies might improve our performance and aid society, their use raise serious ethical, philosophical, regulatory and economic issues.
"If we tapped the entire pool of human resources and talent, our collective performance would improve, " she says.
Identifying new ways of paying for health care that improve care at reduced cost and can be scaled nationally by CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Our expanding cooperation in areas of social and human development, science and technology, energy, and other related areas will improve the quality of lives of millions of people in our country.
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The Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, for example, have joined forces to improve community mental health services and prevent suicides.
In his article, Mr Clegg also said the UK would seek to reform the European Court of Human Rights when it takes over chairmanship of the Council of Europe in November - in order to improve the speed and consistency of the court's decisions.
The World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNES CO, USAID, and others have recognized Tostan for its ability to bring about social change and mobilize communities to improve their own lives, and in Senegal the government has officially adopted a national action plan that calls for using the human rights approach pioneered by Tostan to totally end FGC by 2015.
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