Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
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We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.
Interpretation
We can work together to reduce extreme poverty in the world.
Bill Gates emphasizes the potential we have to transform society by addressing and overcoming extreme poverty. His statement inspires action towards creating a future where poverty is rare and not an everyday reality for millions.
In practice
During a charity gala to raise funds for poverty alleviation, this quote can inspire donors.
Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting effective teaching in every classroom, charting a path to college and careers for all students, and developing the tools to help all children stay motivated and engaged in their own education. The more states that adopt these college and career based standards, the closer we will be to sharing innovation across state borders and becoming more competitive as a country.
About three million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.
These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research, and providing incentives for private-sector R&D - should in my view be top priorities as Congress and the Administration consider how to maintain the nation's leadership in science, technology, and innovation.
New beginnings β professional, personal, or come what may β are always uncomfortable, but being open to them is the only way to grow. In the end, we are all capable of so much more than we think.
All is change; all yields its place and goes.
History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay attention to what is being conserved.
If we do nothing, we still get to a post-carbon future, but it will be bleak. However, if we plan the transition, we can have a world that supports robust communities of healthy, creative people and ecosystems with millions of other species.
So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT.
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