As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable.
Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.
Twitter became a major place to find out what was breaking on the Internet. Facebook became a place to share links. Social media really grew up.
Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.
Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.
The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.
Understand your audience and you will understand the impact of your message on each follower in your social media networks.
I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice.
We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.
Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
The second truism that we must understand is that poverty does not create our social problems, our social problems create our poverty.
Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.
I was really interested to see whether we could make predictions or forecasts by listening in on what people were saying on social media.
The beauty of the space station, and of human spaceflight, is that it is now at a level of maturity where you can invite people on-board, which is what I worked so hard to do on social media and all the videos I made.
I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.
Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.
For some people, staying grounded means doing yoga. For others, it's spending time with family. Social media, too, can be a lifesaver.
Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously.
With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.
Goodwill and reputation are intangibles, but they are the keys to business success. Since they are also inexorably linked to social values, it follows that a change in social norms will have a significant impact on profits.
One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.
