“In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term.” LongStatesGovernmentTermUnitedUnited StatesModernBenefitsIslamEvolveLong TermConstraints Author:Daniel Pipes
“The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.” MenWorldHumansWellsProblemRaceGenerationsEconomicModernMovementHe ManDevelopmentBenefitsSolutionsMen And WomenUltimateImportanceRelationConstantInternationalVariousDoctrineWell BeingDiscussionHuman RaceThemeExceedStandpointModern TimesEconomic ProblemsArbitration Author:William Howard Taft
“The Escalation programmers come from a completely different background, and the codebase is all STL this, boost that, fill-up-the-property list, dispatch the event, and delegate that. I had been harboring some suspicions that our big codebases might benefit from the application of some more of the various “modern” C++ design patterns, despite seeing other large game codebases suffer under them. I have since recanted that suspicion.” DifferentBigsMightSufferingGamesSeeingModernEventsDesignBenefitsPropertyPatternsVariousListsBackgroundsDespiteApplicationSuspicionProgrammersBoostDelegatesDifferent BackgroundsEscalation Author:John Carmack
“The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.” PeopleYoungTechnologyWonderfulModernBenefitsExtremesEngagingBasicsSophisticationImpedimentsModern TechnologySpeech Impediment Author:Martin Rees
“To be "modern" means refusing to worry about where the benefits of progress actually come from.” MeanWorryProgressModernBenefits Author:Sylvain Tesson
“Having come into contact with a civilization which has over-emphasized the freedom of the individual, we are in fact faced with one of the big problems of Africa in the modern world. Our problem is just this: how to get the benefits of European society - benefits that have been brought about by an organization based upon the individual - and yet retain African's own structure of society in which the individual is a member of a kind of fellowship.” WorldKindHas BeensFactsProblemBigsIndividualModernCivilizationMembersBenefitsOrganizationStructureContactModern WorldFellowshipBig ProblemsJulius Author:Julius Nyerere
“If we must grind up human flesh and bones in the industrial machine that we call modern America, then, before God, I assert that those who consume the coal and you and I who benefit from that service, because we live in comfort, we owe protection to those men first and we owe security for their families if they die.” IfsMenFirstsHumansCareAmericaDiesHeavenVoiceHellModernSecurityComfortBenefitsMachinesBonesProtectionFleshI CareCoalGrindHeaven Or HellModern America Author:John Lewis
“Between the poor and any appreciation for modern science stands a wall made of failed schools, defunded libraries, denied opportunities, and the systematic use of science and technology to benefit other people at their [the poor's] expense.” PeopleMadeUseSchoolOpportunityPoorTechnologyModernWallBenefitsLibraryAppreciationExpensesDeniedSystematicScience And TechnologyModern ScienceUses Of Science Author:John Michael Greer
“One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders or for benefits to communities that get to host federal prisons. It is modern slavery.” PeopleWorldCommunityModernBenefitsSlaveryPrisonProfitEightAfrican AmericanPrisonerHostShareholdersModern Slavery Author:Randall Robinson
“Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to contribute to each other on the level of understanding and of practical benefit.” BelieveI BelieveUnderstandingLevelsDealsModernDyingBenefitsTraditionMeetingsPracticalsBuddhistDeath And DyingTibetanTibetan Buddhist Author:Dalai Lama
“Everybody dreams, but memory for dreams is famously elusive. Even Sigmund Freud, without the benefit of modern technology's electroencephalogram, or EEG, did not know that adult humans dream 90 minutes per night, and that newborns spend eight hours per day dreaming (out of their 16 hours of sleep). REM sleep helps grow the brain!” KnowsHumansHelpingDreamNightGrowsHoursMemoriesSleepBrainTechnologyModernMinutesBenefitsAdultsEightElusiveModern Technology Author:Charles McPhee