They've already got a degree of industrialization, but what they want to do now is raise the technological level of their industry.
The concept is fascinating at a purely technological level, but throw in intrusiveness and lack of privacy, and some of the sheen comes off.
"Essentially, it's less about earning money and more about getting the seafarer and his ship on the next technological level in the 21st century, " Ijon said.
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Online politics is complicated and requires a level of technological literacy that most people, reporters included, simply lack.
When the world is indeed transparent enough that we cannot only see what our neighbours are going through but an easy way to help them, then we can speak of a new obligation imposed by a new level of technological and cultural sophistication.
Democracy cannot then be considered to be fully achieved if we cannot garantee that the people have an understanding of the major scientific strategies as well as a high level knowledge of technological expertise.
Our educational system at the K-12 level does not adequately prepare enough students with needed proficiencies in STEM, resulting in an insufficient pipeline of kids enthusiastic about and equipped to pursue scientific and technological fields at the collegiate level.
Jobs descriptions of all types are equally focused on employees with computer and other technological skill sets even at the entry level.
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Since 2010, Iran has been enriching uranium to a level of 20%, an important technological step towards being able to produce more highly enriched weapons-grade material.
"We're at the level of infants in moral responsibility, but with the technological capability of adults, " he says.
As Robert Wright argues in the amazing book, Nonzero, every so often, there are dramatic technological advances that create the potential for larger and more complicated nonzero-sum games on a societal level.
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The technological advantage that program traders have over ordinary retail investors is massive and needs to be reined in to level the playing field.
The service, billing and cost have been great, with no surprises, but the salesperson repeatedly assured us, with a high level of sincerity, that we would get a follow up call in a few days to answer any technological or account questions, and another call when we got our first bill.
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