Peter Diamandis Quotes

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Peter Diamandis

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 20, 1961

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.

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There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.

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We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.

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If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else.

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When hiring, trust your feelings.

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Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.

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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.

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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.

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Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

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The challenge is that the day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea. And crazy ideas are very risky to attempt.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress.

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When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Mission's chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars.

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Revealing water in significant quantities on the Moon could truly be a turning point in space exploration.

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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.

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Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization.

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If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.

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True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.

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