Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. – Peter Diamandis
Your mindset matters. It affects everything – from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being. – Peter Diamandis
As lower-cost phones begin to penetrate, they’ll become the educator and physician everywhere on the planet. – Peter Diamandis
As I’ve conducted my interviews with crowdsourcing entrepreneurs and experts, it’s constantly hit me that your ability to do something big and bold is really a function of the size and quality of your crowd. – Peter Diamandis
Nothing matters more than your health. Healthy living is priceless. What millionaire wouldn’t pay dearly for an extra 10 or 20 years of healthy aging? – Peter Diamandis
We’re now able to 3D print in 200 different materials, from titanium to rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, leathers, and even chocolate. – Peter Diamandis
Online games for data-mining have a short virtual shelf life. People get bored, especially if the game seems stagnant. – Peter Diamandis
Imagine what we could do for the world’s grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention. – Peter Diamandis
The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The fact of the matter is, the government should be making a lot of risky investments, the majority of which are likely to fail. – Peter Diamandis
My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society. – Peter Diamandis
Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone. – Peter Diamandis
The old newspaper adage, ‘If it bleeds, it leads,’ is as true today as it was a century ago. – Peter Diamandis
As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we’ll see violence drop even further. After all, when there’s a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you’re more responsible for your behavior. – Peter Diamandis
Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday. – Peter Diamandis
Every second of every day, our senses bring in way too much data than we can possibly process in our brains. – Peter Diamandis
As you may know, I’m the co-founder and co-chairman of an asteroid company called Planetary Resources that is backed by a group of eight billionaires to implement the bold mission of extracting resources from near-Earth asteroids. – Peter Diamandis
What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live? – Peter Diamandis
If you have a fear of flying, don’t. The data are very clear: If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane. – Peter Diamandis
At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time – 45 percent – were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate. – Peter Diamandis
I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness. – Peter Diamandis