The Chinese government is publishing this white paper to present the achievements of the BRI during the past 10 years. It will give the international community a better understanding of the value of the initiative, facilitate high-quality cooperation under it, and ultimately deliver benefits to more...
I’ve been deliberately vague throughout this post because I want this concept to have wide applicability, notwithstanding, I’m confident you know exactly what I’m talking about. The sociopaths that seem to increasingly hold positions of influence over others which they use for their selfish, ...
It is possible that language in general began as a series of simple sounds. But it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description. Most languages of "backward" groups are extremely complex pieces of tool for the transfer of ideas. ...
If you enter into the academic concept of it, you’ll see a lot of different approaches in sociology, or anthropology, but I like the really broad definition of culture the things that are not biological, are not natural, but what makes each of us unique, and the experiences unique. ...
At times, economic sustainability can seem at odds with environmental sustainability, which is where the concept of weak and strong sustainability comes from. Weak sustainability alludes to the idea that technology made by humans can replace natural systems. For instance, the idea that carbon ...
Identifying areas that require improvement.;Identifying the individual’s training and development needs in the light of actual performance.;Monitoring the organization’s initial selection procedures against subsequent performance.;Improving communication between different levels in the hierarchy.
Some critics argue that the concept of dividing nations into three worlds represents an antiquated perspective. Many first world countries have certain demographics that are in extreme poverty, which is more representative of developing countries; other countries with third world status are quite prospero...
Universal basic income (UBI) is the concept of a government program in which every adult citizen receives a set amount of money regularly. The goals of a basic income system are to alleviate poverty and replace other need-based social programs that potentially require greater bureaucratic involvemen...
3 Pillars of Sustainability The idea of sustainability is often broken down into three pillars: economic, environmental, and social—also known informally as profits, planet, and people. In that breakdown, the concept of "economic sustainability" focuses on conserving the natural resources that provid...
Communism rejects the concept of private ownership, mandating that “the people”—typically via the government—collectively own and control the production and distribution of all goods and services. Understanding Marxism Marxism is both a social and political theory, and it encompasses Marxist classcon...