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Newton Lee is a computer scientist who is an author and administrator in the field of education and technology commercialization. He is best known for his total information awareness book series available in more than 1,000 libraries worldwide.

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Famous Newton Lee Quotes

“Denying the existence of God the Creator is like an artificial intelligent machine doubting the existence of human inventors.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Thanks to the Internet, words can travel at the speed of light, and no amount of censorship can stop the flow of information. … Thanks to Malala’s courage, no militant can silence her. Thanks to the Internet, the pen is mightier than the sword.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

“We can change our future, but we cannot escape our destiny. That is why life is a journey, not a destination. All roads lead to Rome, but our actions and inaction determine the meaning of our life regardless of the outcome.”

Newton Lee

LinkedIn (January 2021)

“To err is human. Yet it is a sign of how far computer science has come that to err is also artificially intelligent”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

“Conspiracy theories abound in many tragedies and injustices, but the greatest conspiracy of all is how human beings treat one another and other living things on Earth.”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

“God gives life to human beings who in turn give birth to artificial intelligence.”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

Newton Lee Quotes about the world

“To err is human. AI software modeled after humans will inevitably make mistakes. It is fine as long as the software learns from its errors and improves itself, which is something that humans ought to learn from AI. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, wrote in "Case of Voluntary Ignorance" in Collected Essays (1959): "That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach."”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“Total information awareness has helped to stabilize relations among international powers, and to that end espionage is making the world a safer place.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Let’s not give up on faith and the human spirit in accomplishing the impossible – world peace, universal rights, and human longevity to name a few.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Each and everyone on Earth can make one small step, which will cumulatively result in a giant leap for mankind towards world peace.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“Moon landing was a huge challenge that was solved by human perseverance and ingenuity, in spite of the mere 50% chance of success according to American astronaut Neil Armstrong. Imagine what else we can accomplish if America and the whole world is determined to eradicate wars, diseases, pollutions, global warming, poverty, homelessness, world hunger, and other human sufferings.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“World peace is in the best interests of everyone. Protectionism is not an option in today’s global economy. Nationalism should not outweigh international cooperation.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Newton Lee Quotes about people

“Why is it that technology is often the one to blame? On the contrary, social media encourages people to “think aloud” and come up with bold, new, controversial, or opposing ideas.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

“The more information that countries and peoples have about each other, the better and safer the world will become.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“It is easier to point fingers than to accept responsibilities. People complain about elected officials but they do not care to vote. They criticize some multinational corporations but their banks and 401K are profiting from the stocks of those companies.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“I am never content with what I have [accomplished]. Jimmy reminded me of those less fortunate than I, people out there who are struggling just to survive.”

Newton Lee

Disney Consumer Products News (Summer 1998)

“The most precious thing that people can give to one another is time.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“What will it take to rally all peoples and nations to unite in the name of humanity? An all-out alien invasion or imminent mass extinction? Perhaps a gentler proposal like a Human Heritage Month would help to raise awareness that we are all human beings living together on the same beautiful planet marred by undue human conflicts and selfishness.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Newton Lee: Trending quotes

“A few musical notes can morph into countless new songs, and a small set of vocabulary can create a congeries of poems. Infinite diversity in infinite combinations.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Music

“As citizen journalists and bloggers are becoming more important in news gathering and timely dissemination, mainstream media has found an important ally in the Fifth Estate.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Time

“It is up to humankind to make peace on earth, not by force but based on free will. Albert Einstein said, “Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

God , Peace , Universe

Newton Lee Quotes

“American civil rights activist and U. S. Army Sergeant Medgar Evers once said that "you can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." His statement applies to both good and evil. Drones are powerful assassination weapons that offer short-term fixes. Drones kill terrorists, but not the idea of terrorism in the long term.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Idea , Evil

“May we all come to realize that education and the humanities should be valued for nurturing our minds and society as a whole, and not only as a means to build future careers.”

Newton Lee

ACM Computers in Entertainment (Volume 5, Issue 2, May 2007)

Education , Future

“Boredom often stems from the lack of desire to reinvent oneself. Life is anything but boring.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Life

“Online dating versus traditional dating is like using an electronic calculator versus an abacus. They both can give you accurate results if used properly, but one of them is obviously faster and easier in the modern age.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Age

“Verily, trust Google. The truth is out there; we just need to know how to Google it!”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Truth

“Deadly weapons as big as a missile-equipped drone and as small as a.50-caliber bullet are now under software control, which could be disastrous if they were hacked.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“The "need to know" syndrome had reached epidemic proportions within the U. S. government, all the way to top including the Presidents of the United States”

Newton Lee

giving them the benefit of the doubt
Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Way

“The Sony saga has brought to light a hidden sinister: Cyber terrorism has reached a whole new level by combining cyber attacks and threats of physical terrorism.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Light

“Our strongest ally in the battle against death is the combination of futurism, transhumanism, science, technology, philosophy, and politics.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Death , Science , Future

““To be, or not to be” is such a mesmerizing quote because it applies to almost every decision in life. The choices we make define who we are.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Life , Quotes , Decision

“Vital information for the millions outweighs the privacy of the few.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015
Variant: Vital information for the millions outweighs the privacy of the few.

“Only time will tell if serendipity becomes zemblanity as consumers are constantly bombarded by advertisements.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Time

“The advancement of education and the advancement of society are absolutely synonymous. The causes of conflict can be eliminated only through the advancement of both.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Education

“It is conceivable that AI will be able to understand all the news and investigative reports in all languages from both traditional and social media, connect the dots, predict imminent dangers, and identify long-term concerns.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Understanding

“The real solution to human longevity will likely involve both traditional and alternative medicine, scientific and philosophical problem-solving, as well as big data analysis and human intuition.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Problem

“Trying to get rid of the symptoms (terrorists) without paying attention to the root cause (terrorist motives) does not eradicate the disease but may instead exacerbate it.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Disease , Motivation

“Cyber attacks and terrorist threats are a lethal combination that can only be resolved by aligning conscientious counterterrorism policies with cybersecurity technologies.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“Learning is an innate human behavior. A healthy baby is happy and excited to learn to speak, play and express itself. Why should learning stop being fun? The human race cannot survive without continuous learning. Let us impart the enthusiasm and creativity of learning in the classrooms.”

Newton Lee

Virginia Tech Collegiate Times (November 1990)

Behavior , Learning , Baby , Happiness

“Stolen digital certificates and DNS poisoning make a lethal cocktail.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“Although there is a delicate balance between children’s privacy and parental awareness, a good parent should always be attentive to their children’s activities and feelings – both online and offline.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Children , Feeling , Parent

“A just and lasting peace demands apologies and forgiveness. … A just and lasting peace embraces gender equality. … A just and lasting peace calls for economic reforms.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Peace , Forgiveness

“Transhumanism can offer new insights and unorthodox solutions to insurmountable problems that have stumped politicians for years, decades, and centuries.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Problem

“We do need education, just not the one-size-fits-all education. Albert Einstein did not talk until he was four years old.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Education

“Too many people prefer to stay inside their own comfort zones with a one-sided liberal or conservative sentiment, creating their own information silos.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016
Variant: Too many people prefer to stay inside their own comfort zones with a one-sided liberal or conservative sentiment.

People

“Change was a constant in Walt Disney’s commitment to tell a story well, to bring it to an audience through the technology of the day, and to push that technology so that rather than controlling the story, it enhanced the story and gave it an opportunity to touch people, to speak to each of them individually, to make it believable.”

Newton Lee

Disney Stories: Getting to Digital, 2012

People , Change

“Apart from a 20-minute stunt as Eeyore at Disneyland for “Disney Way One” and countless joyful hours of volunteering with my fellow colleagues, my job at Disney Online was mainly to make children happy by creating entertaining and educational games.”

Newton Lee

Disney Stories: Getting to Digital, 2012

Children , Education , Way , Game

“Instead of fearing the unknown, we must conquer our fear.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Fear

“If the meaning of life is futility, human longevity loses its luster.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Life

“Diversity emanates beauty.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Beauty

“Transhumanists around the world are cooperating to mitigate existential threats to humankind.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

World

“An open internet is an open platform for debating opposing views. It allows both popular and unpopular voices to be heard. It is a civilized outlet for frustrated individuals to express themselves without resorting to violence or terrorism.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

“Abrahamic religions – Islam, Christianity, and Judaism – are neither religions of peace nor religions of violence. They are storytellers of the past and forewarners of the future.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Peace , Religion , Past , Future

“Unfairness builds character and brings diversity to the otherwise homogeneous and isotropic existence.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Like the seemingly impossible moon landing, Hollywood has repeatedly predicted the future, including self-destructing messages.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

Future

“Albert Einstein quipped that “everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas; he must burst it open.” Although we may not have the complete knowledge or we may be bombarded with contradictory information, we can still make informed decisions based on wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Wisdom , Idea , Knowledge , Decision

“No single countermeasure or mitigation service is 100% efficacious. It requires the entire international community to ACT — Achieve Cybersecurity Together. As the world is increasingly interconnected, everyone shares the responsibility of securing cyberspace.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

World , Communication

“Regardless of how secure a communication line is and how unbreakable a cryptographic algorithm seems to be, the weak links are often the endpoints - the sender (before encryption) and the recipient (after decryption) - unless they are code talkers using a language more obscure than Navajo.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Communication

“Mahatma Gandhi once said, "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." Besides, two wrongs do not make a right. President Obama is right: Peace is the only path to true security.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Peace , Faith

“With over a billion active users, Facebook is in a unique position to influence the world by enabling Facebook users to create grassroots movements for peace.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

World , Peace

“Creationism and Darwinism are not necessarily contradictory; they each have an answer to the age-old catch-22 question “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Age , Question

“Despite the separation of church and state in the U. S. Constitution, a Christian politician facing a conundrum may ask, “What would Jesus do?” or WWJD. A transhumanist politician not only relies on a moral compass but also seeks the best solutions with the help of science and technology in addition to formal and informal politics.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Science , Help

“It would make a positive difference in world security and counterterrorism by setting our mind on pursuing peaceful solutions rather than escalating the war on terror. Mahatma Gandhi once said, "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

War , World , Peace , Faith

“Human beings will never evolve to higher creatures if we are constantly restricted by rules and regulations.”

Newton Lee

The Nightmares of a Journalist (1991)

“Human-machine symbiosis is the workforce of the future.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Future

“Satire in media such as The Interview and Charlie Hebdo walk a fine line between freedom of speech and dangerous incitement.”

Newton Lee

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

Freedom

“The levers of power have been tipping toward the public, thanks to social media.”

Newton Lee

Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014

“Google cofounder Larry Page once broached the question: “Are people really focused on the right things?””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

People , Question

“Teachers, not students, are the ones who are failing. As Albert Einstein said that “all religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree,” the detachment of philosophy – the forefather of all knowledge and academic disciplines – from mathematics, sciences, and technology is the fundamental reason for failure in modern-day K-12 and higher education.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Education , Religion , Art , Mathematics

“It may come as a surprise to many people that the human genome contains human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) that are linked to cancer, autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, and more. Gene editing offers a new hope to eradicating many deadly hereditary diseases.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

People , Disease , Hope

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