Thesaurus / beneficent
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To optimize for science, we need a beneficent technocrat in charge.
WHY SILICON VALLEY'S OPTIMIZATION MINDSET SETS US UP FOR FAILUREROB REICH, MEHRAN SAHAMI AND JEREMY M. WEINSTEINSEPTEMBER 10, 2021TIMECarmakers have noted their moves toward electrification, their commitments to sustainability during the manufacturing process, and their general insistence on beneficent environmental stewardship.
THE OUTDOORS IS HAVING AN AUTOMOTIVE MOMENTAWISEAUGUST 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEI think if we teach machines to be creative, then they’ll be beneficent toward us, rather than just keeping us around as household pets.
I AM NOT A MACHINE. YES YOU ARE. - ISSUE 98: MINDKEVIN BERGERMARCH 31, 2021NAUTILUSHe is the hyperkinetic, beneficent godfather of freed-heel skiing the Canaan Valley.
SKIING WEST VIRGINIA’S ‘CANADIAN VALLEY’ IN A BANNER SEASONJOHN BRILEYFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTChristians declare that the divine origin and truth of their religion are proved by its beneficent results.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDIn the beneficent arrangements of Divine love to the young, the latter is first extended.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMA most beneficent work was set on foot in the foundation of Charity Schools.
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYCHARLES J. ABBEY AND JOHN H. OVERTONPerhaps, too, I may be called to effect so beneficent a work, the humble instrument of a gracious God.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOThe poem was simple and optimistic—it told of the beneficent qualities of rain, as it would appear to one whose roof did not leak.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRNo other people held its women in so high respect; nowhere else did they exert so strong and beneficent an influence.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTONWORDS RELATED TO BENEFICENT
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