  We emphasize that noncommutative (NC) spacetime necessarily implies emergent
spacetime if spacetime at microscopic scales should be viewed as NC. In order
to understand NC spacetime correctly, we need to deactivate the thought
patterns that we have installed in our brains and taken for granted for so many
years. Emergent spacetime allows a background-independent formulation of
quantum gravity that will open a new perspective to resolve the notorious
problems in theoretical physics such as the cosmological constant problem,
hierarchy problem, dark energy, dark matter, and cosmic inflation.
