Autistic children are extremely bright if you can connect to them and bring them into our world. Socially it's really hard for them, but it can happen.
A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us.
does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction
What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.
I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.
What was really interesting to me about 'The Telegarden' was this idea of connecting the physical world, the natural world, and the social world through the Internet.
Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins.
Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.
There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.
I am angry that the Democrats don't have the ability to explain to Republicans that we should be able to feed people in this country, and that is not socialism.
Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.
People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.
It will be sufficient to point to the enormous burdens which armaments place on the economic, social, and intellectual resources of a nation, as well as on its budget and taxes.
Football is a personal interest which has been turned into a philanthropic initiative directed at encouraging social cohesion during the difficult process of African modernisation.
Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr provide an unparalleled ability for people to stay connected in new and unique ways.
There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people.
Reagan didn't socialize with the press. He spent his evenings with Nancy, watching TV with dinner trays. But he knew that to transcend, you can't condescend.
You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.
