Peter Diamandis Quotes
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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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In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States.
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In most developed countries, the average person receives about 16 years of education. Even in developing countries, the population gets five to eight years of education.
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3D printing will massively reduce the cost of certain products as the cost of labor is removed.
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Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times.
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I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
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The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.
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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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It's never been easier to share your ideas and passions with the world.
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Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'
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Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization.
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The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.
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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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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.
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My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship?
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Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business.
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I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.
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We're now able to 3D print in 200 different materials, from titanium to rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, leathers, and even chocolate.
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If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.
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Your mission is to find a product or service that can positively impact the lives of 1 billion people because that's the game we're playing today.
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Visual artists use drones to capture beautiful new images and camera angles.
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If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.
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I have the general philosophy of creating the future you want to see.
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We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.