Human perfectibility, for Jefferson, was a matter of improved efficiency of living, which implied not merely progress in the fields of human health and human productivity through discoveries and labor-saving inventions, but also and especially moral improvement.
Then, there is the matter of improving and enjoying relationships.
"It's a matter of improving our seed and seeing how high we can get".
Take, for instance, the matter of improving fuel economy -- the quickest and surest way to ease America's oil dependency.
It implied that the developed world got that way through "industrialization," a largely benign matter of improving technology.
Nor is it simply a matter of improving the living standards of future generations in this country.
Perhaps, mused Sheila Sussman, a consultant, it's a matter of improving their golf game so there's common ground at the top.
The number of power losses at General Motors has been reduced by two-thirds since the contract began in 1995, and Detroit Edison has improved enough to avoid any penalties so far for power sags, according to John C. Anderson, director of energy services for G.M. Addressing the new economy's power needs, however, is not simply a matter of improving the utility grid.
However, the study also found that most residents thought retrofitting was simply a matter of improving the appearance of the estate, and did not understand that it had underlying benefits in improving energy efficiency and saving residents money on fuel bills.
True economy, he writes, is a matter of "improving the nick of time" (W, 17).
