Online births and deaths in Facebook Nation made me question why people could not live without borders. Birthright citizenship is like being baptized… - Newton Lee

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.

Albert Einstein quipped that “everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas; he must burst it open.” Although we may not have the complete knowledge or we may be bombarded with contradictory information, we can still make informed decisions based on wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil.

Nuclear disarmament is being replaced by nuclear proliferation, raising the stakes of existential risks to humanity.