mankind

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"I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, or insulting human dignity, of making man beastly," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It will contrast contemporary and historical pieces to profile the impact of technology on mankind.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

There is value—and I don’t mean financial value, I mean cultural, aesthetic and intellectual value—to preserving the achievements of mankind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

One platform’s founder claimed the prediction market represents “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now,” while another’s leader asserted the platform is “replacing debate, subjectivity, and talk with markets, accuracy, and truth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

In fact, the theme of Smith’s first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, was the innate honesty of mankind.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt