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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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Newton Lee Quotes

“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.”

Newton Lee

Digital Da Vinci: Computers in Music, 2014

“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

“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.”

Newton Lee

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

“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!””

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“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

“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.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“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.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“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

“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)

“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

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

Newton Lee

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

“A modern-day serpent is anyone who disseminates misinformation and disinformation in their verisimilitude.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Computers and music are converging in a new era of digital Renaissance as more and more musicians such as will. i. am are learning how to code while an increasing number of software programmers are learning how to play music.”

Newton Lee

Digital Da Vinci: Computers in Music, 2014

“1/2 cup of hope and 1/2 cup of kindness seem like a litmus test by asking "Is the glass half empty or half full?" Nature shows us in every waking moment that where there is life, there is hope. And to quote the movie Horns starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple, "Man is not born evil. The Devil himself was a fallen angel," there is kindness in everyone if you dig deep enough.”

Newton Lee

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

“In ancient times, countries and tribes form alliances through arranged marriages. Nowadays, it is up to eligible bachelors and bachelorettes to forge friendship, peace, and understanding among nations and races through civil unions.”

Newton Lee

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

“Terrorism is metastasizing like cancer in the global body of humanity.”

Newton Lee

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

“It is high time we treated drug abuse and terrorism as diseases instead of wars -- curing the patients rather than killing them.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“The most effective propaganda is a mixture of truths, half truths, and lies.”

Newton Lee

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

“It is pointless to debate which religions promote peace or violence. Even Buddhist monks who are widely regarded as pacifists have taken up arms in strife-torn regions … Religious experiences are, by nature, emotional and subject to interpretations by clergy and believers throughout history.”

Newton Lee

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

“The meaning of life for human beings is to serve one another for the survival of humanity and the advancement of civilization.”

Newton Lee

ACM Computers in Entertainment (Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2005)

“The cookie-cutter education system has failed both genius kids and special-needs children. Status quo stifles creativity.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“While information is the oxygen of the modern age, disinformation is the carbon monoxide that can poison generations.”

Newton Lee

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

“The enormous amount of financial resources and creative energy that nations have spent on wars and weapons could have been redirected to curing deadly diseases, feeding the hungry, eliminating poverty, promoting art and culture, investing in renewable clean energy, and solving a host of other important challenges facing humanity.”

Newton Lee

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

“Einstein believed that religion and science could coexist without being at odds with one another, in spite of the religious zealots and the gung-ho atheists being constantly at war with each other.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“In humanity, there is no one size fits all. The best we can all do is to be vigilant and empathic at the same time.”

Newton Lee

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

“It will make a positive difference in world security and counterterrorism by setting our mind on pursuing peaceful solutions rather than escalating the war on terror.”

Newton Lee

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

“One God, multiple manifestations – in both the spiritual realm and the physical world – just as Albert Einstein wrote about the wave-particle duality of light.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Finger-pointing can derail progress and incite revenge.”

Newton Lee

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

“Humankind too often cooks up an excuse to start war instead of making peace. Rather than developing better strategies to win wars, we should focus on better recipes to attain peace.”

Newton Lee

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

“Imagine what $1.57 trillion in cash and 7.9 billion hours of service could have done to solve some of the most pressing issues today. We may not achieve an immediate unalloyed success without a few bumps along the way, but the successful Moon landing was preceded by many failures.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“The question is not whether Total Information Awareness (TIA) is here to stay; the real question is whether TIA is a one-way street or a two-way street.”

Newton Lee

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

“Information is power. Disinformation is abuse of power.”

Newton Lee

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

“Given that the first manned Moon landing only had a 50 % chance of landing safely on the moon’s surface, it was an exemplary faith in technology and human spirit.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“If the first Christians – as described in the first chapters of the Book of Acts – were to rule the country, the United States of America would embrace socialism or perhaps even communism.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“In tribute to The Matrix trilogy, artificial superintelligence is the disruptive red pill that will help us to transcend our human limitations in mind, body, and spirit.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Morning newspapers are yesterday's news; social media news are the now moments.”

Newton Lee

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

“The Bible is the most brutally honest book that does not whitewash or sugarcoat history.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Temporary safety is not the same as long-term security. A false sense of security is like the calm before the storm.”

Newton Lee

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

“Human-machine symbiosis goes beyond sexbots to develop empathy and relationship.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence.”

Newton Lee

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

“Illegal spying happens more often than not, but to various degrees depending on the perpetrators and the persons of interest. Besides being morally wrong, unsanctioned or extracurricular spying activities risk the unnecessary exposure of technological apparatus and the potential compromise of the espionage network. When a covert action is not fully supported by a spying organization from top to bottom, an unintentional domino or butterfly effect can jeopardize ongoing and future legitimate operations”

Newton Lee

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

“Peace is the only path to true security; and peace requires both free speech and willingness to listen.”

Newton Lee

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

“Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.”

Newton Lee

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

“In the foreseeable future, a poor child in a remote corner of the world will be able to create a killer app, solve the P versus NP problem, formulate the Theory of Everything, and find a cure to cancer and other diseases – all without formal education. The Internet is the teacher.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

“Cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility. … In the spirit of President John F. Kennedy, one may proclaim: "Ask not what cybersecurity can do for you, ask what you can do for cybersecurity."”

Newton Lee

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

“As wearable devices, health tracking, and quantified self are gaining popularity, human beings are also becoming part of the Internet of things.”

Newton Lee

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

“Facebook nation exists in the intersection of humanities and sciences, somewhere in between the fictional worlds of The Godfather Part II and Minority Report.”

Newton Lee

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