Newton Lee: Quotes about people

Newton Lee is American computer scientist. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“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

People , Idea , Thinking

“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

People , World , Country

“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

People , Beauty , Help , Selfishness

“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

People

“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)

People

“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

“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

“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

“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

People , World , Communication , Personality

“When people refuse to see how things look from another point of view, their silo mentality has fueled arguments in families, disputes with neighbors, bigotry between races, and conflicts among nations.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

People , Family

“Given the chance to let machines do the job, Google cofounder Larry Page estimated that nine out of 10 people “wouldn’t want to be doing what they’re doing today.” The remaining 10 % really love their jobs and make no distinction between working and playing.”

Newton Lee

Google It: Total Information Awareness, 2016

Love , People , Chance

“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

“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

“Media manipulation is commonplace. For people who do not look outside their comfort zone, they will never learn the whole truth. If scientists had not challenged the status quo, we would not have enjoyed modern medicine and technological innovations today.”

Newton Lee

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

People , Truth , Learning

“One of the root causes of miscommunication is that people do not always mean what they say or do.”

Newton Lee

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

People

“Super longevity motivates people to think very long-term, protect the environment, recycle, prevent wars and destructions, and do everything possible to achieve a better quality of life instead of leaving a big mess to the next generation to fix.”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

War , People , Thinking , Motivation

“The most meaningful toys are not materialistic at all. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died penniless, but his toys were his symphonies, concertos, operas, quartets, and sonatas that have delighted millions of people for hundreds of years and will continue to light up the world.”

Newton Lee

The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019

World , People , Light