Newton Lee
Newton Lee is a computer scientist who is an author and administrator in the field of education and technology commercialization.
If we take a small step in extolling peacemakers as much as honoring war heroes, we will be making a giant leap towards peace.
Although there is mandatory sex education in school, there are none on dating and marriage – two of the most important subjects in our lives.
Human beings will never evolve to higher creatures if we are constantly restricted by rules and regulations.
The U.S. government needs to learn from successful private businesses that run an effective and efficient operation in serving their customers and outwitting their competitors.
Intelligence amplification refers to the effective use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence. It will lead to a brave new world of dating – a positive change, mind you, unlike Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World.
The two-way street of Total Information Awareness is the road that leads to a more transparent and complete picture of ourselves, our governments, and our world.
With the massive amount of personal data on the Internet, Facebook nation has opened Pandora's box of total information awareness in the age of big data. Fortunately, Pandora's box released not only evil but also hope. ... The hope is that good will trump evil.
Every major technological innovation propels humanity forward to the point of no return.
Drones kill terrorists, not terrorism.
Through knowledge, you can develop the economy. Without knowledge, you cannot improve a society.
In William Shakespeare's Hamlet, "to be, or not to be, that is the question." In the 21st century, "to code, or not to code, that is the challenge."
While information is the oxygen of the modern age, disinformation is the carbon monoxide that can poison generations.
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.
War is legitimized state-sponsored terrorism in a grand scale.
Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom.
Journalists should be watchdogs, not lapdogs.
The way we live can be summarized in three sentences:
1. Cogito ergo sum / Je pense, donc je suis (René Descartes)
2. Esse est percipi (George Berkeley)
3. Ho de anexetastos bios ou biôtos anthrôpôi (Socrates and Plato)
The trick is to balance them well to create a happy life.