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NOW 2016 | Autonomous Systems: Ethics at the Edge of Technology

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Autonomous Systems: Ethics at the Edge of Technology achen Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27 The limits to what humans can create seem bound only by the limits of human imagination. Such progress, while exciting, can provoke anxiety and pose ethical challenges. Defense Department.

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NOW 2016 | Autonomous Systems: Ethics at the Edge of Technology

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Autonomous Systems: Ethics at the Edge of Technology. Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27. Such progress, while exciting, can provoke anxiety and pose ethical challenges. Such progress, while exciting, can provoke anxiety and pose ethical challenges. Defense Department.

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NOW 2016 | Gene Editing: Empowering a Cure for Cancer and Other Medical Breakthroughs

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Gene Editing: Empowering a Cure for Cancer and Other Medical Breakthroughs achen Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27 Through genetic modification, humans are taking the reins from Mother Nature, making huge strides in fields such as human nutrition and health. Editing genes can help parents with genetic diseases bear healthy babies.

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NOW 2016 | Gene Editing: Empowering a Cure for Cancer and Other Medical Breakthroughs

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Gene Editing: Empowering a Cure for Cancer and Other Medical Breakthroughs. Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27. Liu and Hack said that the ethical challenges posed by editing of human genes is limited to some degree because such activity focuses on somatic cells that will not be passed on to future generations.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Berkshire’s book value growth is after tax, while the S&P Index return is pretax. Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. That doesn’t deliver much real return, especially if you pay taxes.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Berkshire’s book value growth is after tax, while the S&P Index return is pretax. Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. That doesn’t deliver much real return, especially if you pay taxes.

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Transcript: David Layton

The Big Picture

And then in 2016, we were thinking a little bit more strategically about our business in the Americas, and I championed this project to open up a headquarters for the firm in Colorado and — RITHOLTZ: Away from Wall Street. I was talking to one of our founders, he said, look, a lot of people think we’re in Zug for tax reasons.

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