Civilization
A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, a form of government, and symbolic systems of communication (such as writing).Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, such as centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labour, culturally-ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming and expansionism.Historically, "a civilization" has often been understood as a larger and "more advanced" culture, in implied contrast to smaller, supposedly primitive cultures. In this broad sense, a civilization contrasts with non-centralized tribal societies, including …
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UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 29 August 2024
Research Fellow, Research Institute for Eco-civilization (RIEco), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences …
World Bank Group · 26 August 2024 English
precautions for improving and securing health, civilization and life conditions of present and future generations …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 26 August 2024 English
The industrial policy measure “Made in China 2025” significantly promotes green innovation in enterprises.
crucial for advancing the PRC’s ecological civilization and achieving carbon peaking and neutrality …
EU: European Union · 23 August 2024 English
“Nexus Stones - The runes of pollinators” is a land installation for public engagement focused on the biodiversity of pollinators. It provides a simple yet engaging and interactive experience to …
fascinating elements, akin to relics from another civilization. These are human-made artefacts that simultaneously …
UN: The United Nations · 23 August 2024 English
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phenomena, which are a disgrace to European civilization itself, not least because eradicating them …
RAND Corporation · 21 August 2024 English
In this report, the authors describe the basic features of U.S. tort law and analyze their significance for the liability of artificial intelligence (AI) developers whose models inflict, or are …
research on the most consequential challenges to civilization and global security. This work was undertaken …
RAND Corporation · 19 August 2024 English
The author assesses similarities and differences between four historical examples of technology governance—nuclear technology, the Internet, encryption products, and genetic engineering—and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify lessons for AI governance. …
research on the most consequential chal- lenges to civilization and global security. This work was undertaken … a global nuclear winter that threatens human civilization in aggregate. Sce- narios describing catastrophic …
EU: European Union · 16 August 2024 English
belong to a human group with common elements of civilization and culture, through one or more characteristics …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 16 August 2024 English
In recent years the analysis of US climate policy on the electricity sector has predominantly deployed electricity planning or capacity expansion models that use deterministic or equilibrium optimization methods. While …
Krugman, P. (2022). Did the democrats just save civilization? The New York Times. M¨uller, U. K. and Watson …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 15 August 2024 English
and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple …
