Newton Lee: Trending quotes (page 8)

“American musician and activist Henry Rollins once said, "A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others." Murdering innocent people who are defenseless is a cowardly act. Standing up to difficult life circumstances and oppressive regimes is bravery.”

Newton Lee

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

Life , People , Freedom , Personality

“To some, Facebook is both a self-published tabloid and a public relations gem. To others, Facebook is a communication tool for families and friends around the world to stay in touch. From a macroscopic point of view, Facebook offers insights into public sentiments and national trends. In a microscopic view, Facebook allows people to reach out and connect on a very personal level.”

Newton Lee

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

People , World , Family , Communication

“Transhumanism is the most inclusive ideology for all ethnicities and races, the religious and atheists, conservatives and liberals, young and old.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Nature shows us its artistic beauty that sciences explain the hows and religions contemplate the whys.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Religion , Beauty , Nature , Science

“A man who is at peace with himself is less likely to turn into an extremist or a terrorist.”

Newton Lee

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

Peace

“Personal analytics combined with social networks provide a high-tech mechanism for self-help and self-improvement.”

Newton Lee

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

Help , Personality

“War is legitimized state-sponsored terrorism in a grand scale.”

Newton Lee

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

War

“Better information awareness does not mean less personal freedoms. Feeling safe in school is a prerequisite for a conducive learning environment. Everyone should be free to express their opinions, voice their concerns, and become better informed.”

Newton Lee

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

School , Feeling , Freedom , Learning

“Online births and deaths in Facebook Nation made me question why people could not live without borders. Birthright citizenship is like being baptized into a religion as an infant. Taking a page from Veronica Roth’s novel Divergent, people should be free to choose where they belong when they grow up.”

Newton Lee

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

Death , People , Religion , Birth

“Since the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, mass media has ushered in a new era of collective consciousness – a set of shared beliefs, ideas, and moral attitudes that operate as a unifying force within society. Notwithstanding the danger of assimilation akin to the Borg in Star Trek, the Internet is accelerating collective consciousness and revolutionizing economy, politics, and education, among others.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Education , Star , Idea

“According to the second law of thermodynamics, the sum of the entropies of the participating bodies must increase. Yet, living organisms seem to exhibit a deliberate anti-entropic force that hints at “by design” rather than “by chance.””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Law , Chance

“One should not underestimate the power of persuasion by well-crafted propaganda films. D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation in 1915 helped to resurrect Ku Klux Klan in Georgia; and Leni Riefenstahl's award-winning Triumph of the Will in 1935 helped fuel the rise of Nazism in Germany.”

Newton Lee

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

Birth , Help

“A more well-rounded higher education is necessary to graduate more ethical hackers and fewer cybercriminals, more socially responsible leaders and fewer wolves of Wall Street.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Education

“Through knowledge, you can develop the economy. Without knowledge, you cannot improve a society.”

Newton Lee

American Film Institute (November 4, 2006)

Knowledge

“Drugs and terrorism are both mind-altering and deadly.”

Newton Lee

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

“With quantum computing, scientists are learning how to better formulate questions, lest we end up with a perplexing answer like “42.””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Question , Learning

“Social media amplifies both the good side and the dark side of human nature. … Notwithstanding human ignorance, freedom of expression is essential.”

Newton Lee

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

Nature , Freedom

“There is nothing like having a United Nations at home.”

Newton Lee

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

Home

“Although our every move may be monitored and recorded, we feel complete freedom to do whatsoever we want other than causing harm to others or damages to properties.”

Newton Lee

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

Feeling , Freedom

“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: data brokers are like the Wild West -- untamed and without governance.”

Newton Lee

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