Peter Diamandis Quotes
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I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
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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 used to be that, in astronomy, a small team of people could look at photos of a few thousand galaxies and classify and catalog them relatively easily. But now, with a new generation of robotic telescopes scanning the skies constantly and producing millions of images, that's become next to impossible.
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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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True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.
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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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I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.
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Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.
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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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Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.
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Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'
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In 1976, Kodak's first digital camera shot at 0.1 megapixels, weighed 3.75 pounds, and cost over $10,000.
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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 the 1960s, 110 countries had averages of six or more children per family.
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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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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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I have the general philosophy of creating the future you want to see.
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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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Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.
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What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?
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I founded a launch company called International Microspace when I graduated medical school in 1989. We were trying to build a microsatellite launcher.
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Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space.
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Private companies should be building businesses.
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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.