Hard to see how that form of knowledge would equip anyone for life in a modern technological society.
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Hawking made the point that a short-lived technological society (a small value for "L") means little chance of contact.
Since then, the country has grown to be a progressive, cutting-edge technological society.
It took further centuries to harness the results of System Two thinking to build a complex technological society that delivers unprecedented material benefits to populations so large that millions would perish if advanced technologies that are commonplace today, and magic to most people, were to disappear.
But all too often, their best efforts are thwarted because the technological revolution that has transformed our society over the past two decades has yet to reach many parts of our government.
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But the commonly-expressed conviction that technological innovation will immiserate broad segments of society is only somewhat less irrational.
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Dr Miah says that physical and performance enhancement, be it chemical or technological, is now widely accepted in society and we should rethink how we define what's banned in sport and what's allowed.
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Johnson uses the example to show how society has always misplaced its fears over technological change.
Mr. KRISHTALKA: We have to do a much, much better job especially if we hope to be competitive in a global society that is increasingly scientific and increasingly technological.
Through breakthrough technological innovation, they extend the productivity frontier of companies and society.
As such, a technological revolution is under way, where gadgets, large and small, are changing society.
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We need to invest in technological innovation and create an environment where entrepreneurs can challenge, improve and strengthen our society.
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.
Mr Goodwin's lyrical, impressionistic approach, while appropriate to his descriptions of palace life and society, becomes a hindrance when he examines the confluence of military reverses, sloth at court and European technological advance that heralded the empire's decline.
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