When I think about creating abundance, it’s not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it’s about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant. – Peter Diamandis
Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms. – Peter Diamandis
In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States. – Peter Diamandis
As of the mid-90s, over 50 percent of women have a bachelor’s and master’s degree, compared to about 35 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in 1920. – Peter Diamandis
Human exploration is something that’s been going on for thousands of years, and the models that worked 500 years ago are likely to work again today. – Peter Diamandis
I founded a launch company called International Microspace when I graduated medical school in 1989. We were trying to build a microsatellite launcher. – Peter Diamandis
Make it clear up front what the aim of the company is. Stay true to your authentic vision. – Peter Diamandis
If you’ve been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna. – Peter Diamandis
Regardless of what the naysayers believe about human interaction and social media, the data show us that the abundance of technology is actually increasing the abundance of happiness all over the world. – Peter Diamandis
All of us are linear thinkers. We evolved in a world that was local and linear. You know, back 100,000, 200,000, millions of years ago, when we were evolving as a human species, nothing changed. You know, the life of your great-grandparents, you, your kids – it was the same. And so we are local and linear thinkers. – Peter Diamandis
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can’t be breakthroughs. – Peter Diamandis
So while I can’t tell you if bringing a child into this world is the morally-responsible to do, I can say that the future, much like the present, is going to be a whole lot better than you think. – Peter Diamandis
I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes them feel good about their lives. – Peter Diamandis
We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing. – Peter Diamandis
I think we’re heading towards a world of what I call ‘technological socialism.’ Where technology – not the government or the state – will begin to take care of us. Technology will provide our healthcare for free. The best education in the world – for free. – Peter Diamandis
The U.S. government doesn’t build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely takes technologies pioneered by the government and turns them into cheap, reliable and robust industries. This has happened in aviation, air mail, computers, and the Internet. – Peter Diamandis
As education becomes dematerialized, demonetized and democratized, every man, woman and child on the planet will be able to reap the benefits of knowledge. We’re rapidly heading toward a world of education abundance. – Peter Diamandis
Even in an organization that’s doing something big and bold, there’s the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream. – Peter Diamandis
If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it’s my friend Steve Forbes. – Peter Diamandis
After more than a decade as the editor of ‘Wired’ magazine, Chris Anderson started the company of his dreams – a robotics manufacturing company called 3D Robotics – to produce the autonomous flying vehicles coming out of DIY Drones. – Peter Diamandis
All over the world, we’re seeing access to food, clean water, education and healthcare improve; as a result, global innovation is rising as well. – Peter Diamandis
I think that we’re living in a time where there are trillion-dollar opportunities that never existed before. – Peter Diamandis
My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician. – Peter Diamandis
Today, every skirmish in every part of the planet is broadcast straight into your living room live, in HD… over and over again. – Peter Diamandis
As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth. – Peter Diamandis
Because it’s cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized. – Peter Diamandis
In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors’ degrees or higher. – Peter Diamandis
