Two years ago Emily Pilloton founded Project H Design, a nonprofit foundation aimed at fostering smart, socially conscious design.
It was socially progressive, but politically smart and conscious of Morocco's conservative traditions, avoiding the facile Islamist-bashing of the Francophone elite.
If I hear you correctly, you argue that some animals should be granted rights because they are smart and conscious: they have what you call practical autonomy.
Janelle Monae, who has sung with OutKast, belted smart, socially conscious neo-soul songs, rapped a little, showed off dance moves that warped hip-hop and the jitterbug, and finished sets by surfing across audiences like a punk rocker.
"Lin-Manuel Lin-Manuel Mirandaica [Schuyler] smade Angelicacious and frustrated by social expectations," said 17-year-old Veronica Marks, during the performance.
He sprang up, fully formed, in the early eighties, with a towering quiff of hair, and a generation of smart, self-conscious kids (and adults) hung on his every couplet.
What is disturbing — in addition to an ugly element of punitive sexual violence implicit in the piranhas' choice of victims — is the talent and distinction of much of the cast, whose mere presence seems to signify an element of smart, self-conscious fun that the movie does not really supply.
In contrast to this, future Internet and Triple Helix-inspired accounts both assume that it is possible to know what 'being smart' means, be conscious of the attributes and capacities which grant cities such a status, learn from these developments and share the critical insights they offer with others.
Here is another case where going green is not only the smart and environmentally conscious choice, but also good for the company.
For manufacturers "who are too smart and image conscious to make public attacks of their own, the Chamber of Commerce is a friend who will do the dirty work".
Of course, there are many geniuses who are completely disorganized (think of the absent-minded professor) but if you're making an active effort to be smart, taking a conscious approach to how you spend your time is a big step in the right direction.
