The first phone call across the Atlantic, in 1927, cost about seventy five dollars for three minutes, more than a thousand in today's money. Right no… - Peter Diamandis
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The first phone call across the Atlantic, in 1927, cost about seventy five dollars for three minutes, more than a thousand in today's money. Right now you can see a face on the other side of the planet, in real time, for free.
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Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandis (born May 20, 1961) is an American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, and the cofounder and executive chairman of Singularity University. He is also cofounder and former CEO of the Zero Gravity Corporation, cofounder and vice chairman of Space Adventures Ltd., founder and chairman of the Rocket Racing League, cofounder of the International Space University, cofounder of Planetary Resources, cofounder of Celularity, founder of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, and vice chairman and cofounder of Human Longevity, Inc.
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