Peter Diamandis Quotes

By mid-2019, over $1 billion had been invested in at least twenty-five different flying car companies. A dozen vehicles are currently being test-flown, while another dozen are at stages ranging from PowerPoint to prototype

With the smart grid for energy and the smart grid for water — what’s technically called resource consumption optimization — we’re seeing the second wave. Next up is the automation and control of far more complex autonomous systems — such as self-driving cars.

LIVE WITH PURPOSE. Mental drift is a serious risk the longer we live. A clear purpose cuts through distractions and gives your attention a direction every single day.

The London coffee-houses provided a gathering place where, for a penny admission charge, any man who was reasonably dressed could smoke his long, clay pipe, sip a dish of coffee, read the newsletters of the day, or enter into conversation with other patrons. At the period when journalism was in its infancy and the postal system was unorganized and irregular, the coffee-house provided a centre of communication for news and information … Naturally, this dissemination of news led to the dissemination of ideas, and the coffee-house served as a forum for their discussion.

nanotechnology has the potential to enhance human performance, to bring sustainable development for materials, water, energy, and food, to protect against unknown bacteria and viruses, and even to diminish the reasons for breaking the peace [by creating universal abundance].

Multiple projects lead to multiple successes.

Society tells us to focus, to do ONE thing really well...I don't think that maximizes enjoyment or success.

Autonomy is the desire to steer our own ship. Mastery is the desire to steer it well. And purpose is the need for the journey to mean something.

Decentralized means learning cannot easily be curtailed by autocratic governments and is considerably more immune to socioeconomic upheaval.

Information is our latest, our brightest, commodity. "In a world of material goods and material exchange, trade is a zero-sum game," says inventor Dean Kamen. "I've got a hunk of gold and you have a watch. If we trade, then I have a watch and you have a hunk of gold. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange them, then we both have two ideas. It's nonzero.

Most of today's educational systems are built upon the same learning hierarchy: math and science at the top, humanities in the middle, art on the bottom. The reason for this is because these systems were developed in the nineteenth century, in the midst of the industrial revolution, when this hierarchy provided the best foundation for success. This is no longer the case. In a rapidly changing technological culture and an ever-growing information-based economy, creative ideas are the ultimate resource. Yet our current educational system does little to nourish this resource.

History is moved by people, not inevitability.

Archaeologists recently unearthed a Han dynasty latrine dating to 206 BC. Complete with a running water supply, stone bowl, and an armrest, this 2,400-year-old Chinese technology looks downright modern. And that's the problem: when it comes to our indoor plumbing, not much has changed in a very long time.

We're heading toward a future where AI will make the majority of our buying decisions, continually surprising us with products or services we didn't even know we wanted. Or, if surprise isn't your thing, just turn that feature off and opt for boring and staid. Either way, it's a shift that threatens traditional advertisers, while offering considerable benefits to the consumer.

Of his famous photograph, Sagan once said: "This distant image of our tiny world … underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

Today [light] will cost less than a half a second of your working time if you are on the average wage: half a second of work for an hour of light! Had you been using a kerosene lamp in the 1880s, you would have had to work for 15 minutes to get the same amount of light. A tallow candle in the 1800s: over six hours' work. And to get that much light from a sesame-oil lamp in Babylon in 1750 BC would have cost you more than fifty hours work.