The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue. David Hume advantageamusefancy Change image and share on social
The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence. Robert Rainy adventclaimembody Change image and share on social
The advent of AIDS circa 1980 has really forced medicine and biology to take enormous steps just for sheer survival. The same way war propels hard technology, AIDS has created wartime conditions in the field of biology that will have all sorts of spin-offs. Paul Di Filippo adventaidbiology share on social
The advent of cellphones may, in the end, be no more relevant than the ability of laptops to change our written documents into ones using cool new fonts. Douglas Coupland abilityadventcellphone Change image and share on social
The advent of digitally enhancing images - and the fact that actresses weren't protesting against that - created an environment where big corporations felt like they had total ownership over the bodies of actresses. Romola Garai actressadventbig share on social
The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes. James Wolcott adventbluboon Change image and share on social
The advent of ebooks is no more going to kill the pleasure of reading than the introduction of the internal combustion engine made horses extinct. Michael A. Stackpole adventcombustionebooks Change image and share on social
The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general. George Crumb adventelectronicallyenormous Change image and share on social
The advent of Google+ and the emergence of the personalized web means this is more true than ever. Brands, and their advertising partners, must wake up to this challenge and define themselves with clarity, consistency and authenticity. Otherwise they just might find themselves shouting in a ghost town. Simon Mainwaring adventadvertiseauthenticity share on social