IDIC: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

by Newton Lee (Editor)

Conceived by Gene Roddenberry, IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations) first appeared in the original Star Trek episode “Is There in Truth No Beauty” in 1968. Roddenberry’s wife Majel Barrett said in her acceptance speech of the 1995 Humanist Arts Award of the American Humanist Association, "Our episodes deal with issues such as war, drugs, prejudice, religion, power, trust, envy, love ... and other endless dilemmas. ... Star Trek ... embraces peace and love and unity, and it says that civilization will reach maturity on the day it learns to value diversity in life and ideas."

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16 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 2013

About the author

Newton Lee is an author, educator, futurist, and FBI ambassador. He was the founder of Disney Online Technology Forum, creator of AT&T Bell Labs' first-ever commercial artificial intelligence tool, inventor of the world's first annotated multimedia OPAC for the U.S. National Agricultural Library, and longest-serving editor-in-chief (2003-2018) in the history of the Association for Computing Machinery since 1947.

He is chairman of the California Transhumanist Party, education and media advisor to the United States Transhumanist Party, and president of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships. Lee graduated Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Tech with a B.S. and M.S. degree in Computer Science, and he earned a perfect GPA from Vincennes University with an A.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an honorary doctorate in Computer Science.

Lee has lectured at Emily Carr University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Simon Fraser University, University of Southern California, Vincennes University, and Woodbury University. He has been honored with a Michigan Leading Edge Technologies Award, two community development awards from the California Junior Chamber of Commerce, and four volunteer project leadership awards from The Walt Disney Company.

Reviews

[Mrs L.A. Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hugely disappointing

I expected so much more depth, insight and understanding. It was a great disappointment. I couldn't recommend this in all honesty.