Word: concepting
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...emergence in the early 21st century of this new form of intelligence, one that can compete with and ultimately significantly exceed human intelligence, will have profound implications for all aspects of human endeavor, including the nature of work, learning, government, warfare, the arts and our concept of ourselves. Our biological intelligence is for all practical purposes fixed, whereas nonbiological intelligence is at least doubling in power every year, so by 2053, it will dominate...
...morally instructive for grade-schoolers. But wallowing in the weaknesses and failings of humanity is a trademark of satire--people accused Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain of being misanthropes too--and much reality TV is really satire boiled down to one extreme gesture. A great reality-TV concept takes some commonplace piety of polite society and gives it a wedgie. Companies value team spirit; Survivor says the team will screw you in the end. The cult of self-esteem says everybody is talented; American Idol's Simon Cowell says to sit down and shut your pie hole. Romance and feminism...
...details of planning the Iraq invasion, who meticulously reads the documents and demands answers to his questions. Accountability is disappearing from America's feel-good culture. Before young Americans are sent to war, I want someone to ask the tough questions. Rumsfeld is ensuring that the American constitutional concept of civilian control of the military forces is alive and well. DOUGLAS J. BELL Ormond Beach...
Pearl led the group in “Dante and the Concept of Justice,” and it was his re-exploration of Dante that he says re-ignited his interest, and motivated Pearl to write snatches of scenes, which he calls “experiments...
...concept of “universal women’s experience” is highly problematic, but incredibly marketable. If a set of monologues and “Vagina Facts” can represent half the world’s population, then the Monologues has a huge audience of people who can relate to and enjoy the show...