With them, unavoidably, have come numerous global financial crisis (the 2008 meltdown had several Internet-borne precursors, he notes), attacks on our privacy, impoverishment of opportunities in much of the developed world and ecological ruin in the developing world.
Unfortunately, nothing in the plan addresses the fundamental economic imbalances that underlie our economy and that brought us to the brink of ruin in the first place.
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It's always an inspiration to spend time with men and women who have reminded the rest of America what it means to persevere in the face of tragedy, to rebuild in the face of ruin.
The town began as a castle town, and while the buildings have remained the same, the castle and the village chapel have fallen to ruin in the intervening centuries.
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Daiki employees hid in a kitchen and bathroom as the tornado snatched the roof off and left much of the plant in ruin.
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The next morning, over coffee in the GHF courtyard, Sarun told me he had first visited the main Banteay Chhmar ruin in 1997.
But Gadsby, who headed a consortium of local businessmen that rescued the club from financial ruin in April 2006, insists the club announced his departure without his knowledge.
Remains of walls from destroyed buildings are left in ruin around the church.
Wekesa, not unsurprisingly, says that no compromise can be made with the group he claims is out to ruin the sport in Kenya.
After a period of ruin in the 16th Century, the buildings were repaired and rebuilt by the Thomas family in the latter half of the 1500s.
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From the files of how to lose friends, alienate people and potentially ruin your career in the process comes the story of former Fusion Brands America CEO Caroline Peiper-Vogt.
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And there is no faster way to ruin yourself in the capital markets.
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In this space, often uncomfortable and uncertain, we are free to face the truth in all its beauty and ruin and to act today with tomorrow in our sights.
The flip side to the preceding paragraph is growth for the sake of growth, growth by default and not by design, growth for the wrong reasons or at the wrong times, and growth in the wrong areas can create corporate ruin.
The centre-left candidate, Pier Luigi Bersani, said in Milan on Sunday night that the country was facing ruin whilst Mr Berlusconi was preoccupied with Ruby - the young woman he is accused of paying as an under-aged prostitute.
McKinsey believes, however, that this increase in financial institutions' debt disguises a positive trend: much of the debt is now of a longer-term nature, so poses less of threat to the stability of the economy (it can't be called in at a moment's notice, to the potential ruin of the borrower).
On the second morning of my stay in Banteay Chhmar, I awoke before dawn to explore the main ruin where Sarun had taken me the day before.
Tiaria Griffin scored 13 points, and Shacobia Barbee added nine as the Lady Bulldogs turned in another superb defensive effort to stymie Stanford and ruin any hopes of a Pac-12 showdown with No. 2 seed California in the regional final.
With good intentions on the road to ruin, regulators through the Basel rules were trying to provide a framework in which the risks and rewards of lending were properly captured.
The castle is now a ruin, and Flintshire Council said there were strict guidelines in place to restrict development and preserve the building's character.
David got his wallet but someone said the rain would ruin the leather so he wrapped his fake ID and everyone's money in a twist of magazine paper torn from an old issue of Adbusters.
An enticing car design could sell in millions, but still ruin a company if the manufacturing economics were wrong.
In other words many investors become so diversified that the ruin any chance of achieving alpha (or outperformance) on their portfolios.
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It seems like Apple could fix this in one of two ways: (1) have iTunes users give account-access permission to a gift-giver in advance (even though it would then ruin the surprise of a gift) or (2) do it Amazon-style, as noted by McAfee.
Holmfirth greengrocer Andrew Bray said the planned store would "ruin" trade in Holmfirth and surrounding villages.
The choice between ruin and prosperity would, in a sane world, not be difficult to make.
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Nick Hamad, a tobacco store owner in Seattle, Washington, said he thinks the tax will ruin the American tobacco industry.
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