Newton Lee: Trending quotes (page 4)

“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.”

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Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

People , Disease , Hope

“MP3 and peer-to-peer file sharing technology single-handedly disrupted the age-old music business. iTunes and YouTube have displaced record stores and MTV. If we take the cue from Netflix which has successfully produced original content, it will not be long before Apple and Google will sign new artists and rival the record labels.”

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Digital Da Vinci: Computers in Music, 2014

Age , Music , Business

“World peace is as simple and elegant as E=mc2. Peace is not a mystery. We know what peace is. The questions are: How do we get there? How long does it take to get there? Do we need another Einstein to help figure this out?”

Newton Lee

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

World , Peace , Question , Help

“By satisfying the insatiable desire for communication with others who seem to be willing to listen, people have voluntarily sacrificed some degree of personal privacy. “Have one’s cake and eat it too” does not apply to personal privacy in the world of ubiquitous social networks.”

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

People , World , Communication , Personality

“IBM scientist Murray Campbell from the Deep Blue team revealed that the “extremely human move” in the chess game against Gary Kasparov was actually a bug in the program that was later fixed. What an opportune moment for a computer to evince that “To err is human!””

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Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Game

“There are moments in time when we feel that we are trapped in a mortal body, stuck between a rock and a hard place, being pulled in two opposite directions, or treading the fine line between reality and illusion.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Feeling , Reality , Time

“It takes a lot more women than just a few female geniuses, presidents, military combat generals, CEOs, and the new $20 bills with Harriet Tubman to dismantle the entrenched mindset of chauvinism and patriarchy.”

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Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Women

“Whether the 6-day creation story is a fable or the truth alluding to time dilation in Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, the Bible and the Quran – sharing the same root as an Abrahamic religion – are undoubtedly amongst the most profound and influential books ever written.”

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Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Truth , Books , Religion , Time

“While there are a number of ways to combat terrorism, attempting to cure the symptoms without tackling the root causes is like waging a losing war on drugs.”

Newton Lee

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

War , Way

“Being a Disney VoluntEAR reinforces my belief in Walt's vision for The Walt Disney Company to bring happiness to every family in the world.”

Newton Lee

Disney Consumer Products News (Summer 1998)

World , Family , Happiness

“A transhumanist solution is to accelerate the research and development of smart guns and non-lethal weapons.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“The pen is mightier than the sword. Through uncensored journalistic investigations and opinion pieces presenting both sides of the coin, the press can eliminate the need for terrorists to commit violent crimes in order to get their messages across.”

Newton Lee

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

“In the digital world, delete does not always delete.”

Newton Lee

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

World

“Every major technological innovation propels humanity forward to the point of no return.”

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

“Social media has given a new meaning to life after death.”

Newton Lee

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

Life , Death