Peter Diamandis Quotes

This is just what we saw in the Arab Spring. One of the defining features of the revolutions that swept the Middle East in early 2011 was their use of communication technologies. During the protests in Cairo, Egypt, that brought down President Hosni Mubarak, one activist summed this up nicely in a tweet: “We use Facebook to schedule the protests, Twitter to coordinate, and YouTube to tell the world.

The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.

This is one of the most telling features of the web — the somewhat humbling fact that no matter what oddball notion you're deeply passionate about, well, there are plenty of folks who share the same passion.

Right now, and for the first time ever, a passionate and committed individual has access to the technology, minds, and capital required to take on any challenge.

AI is displacing Bitcoin as the primary focus for energy infrastructure, as miners and tech talent are pivoting to hosting AI workloads instead.

One concept lately gaining momentum is "impact investing" or "triple-bottom-line investing," whereby investors back businesses that generate financial returns and meet measurable social or environmental goals.

give more than you take” — which was a fancy way of saying “Share your trade secrets” — but

The point is this: When seen through the lens of technology, few resources are truly scarce; they're mainly inaccessible. Yet the threat of scarcity still dominates our worldview.

According to a report by the Littler Workplace Policy Institute:46 “Robotics is the fastest growing industry in the world, poised to become the largest in the next decade.” Which is to say, robot jockeys are just the beginning.

Denmark stopped printing money in 2017.

Kodak was in the business of recording memories. And what made recording memories more convenient than a digital camera?

Stuff goes wrong. Expect it, learn from it, fix it — that's how remarkable happens.

The squeaky wheel gets replaced.

In an age of abundance, don't settle. It used to be that talent, tech, or treasure was scarce. That is no longer the case. Your time as a leader is limited-build an incredible team.

Vietnam wants retail to be 90 percent cashless by 2020. Sweden, where over 80 percent of all transactions are digital, is almost there.

one of the better responses to the threat of scarcity is not to try to slice our pie thinner — rather it's to figure out how to make more pies.