Newton Lee: Trending quotes (page 3)

“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

“I sometimes wish to be a kid again and go through life a little differently.”

Newton Lee

The Nightmares of a Journalist (1991)

Life

“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)