Peter Diamandis Quotes
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One thing that humans still do better than computers is recognize images.
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In the early '90s, well under 5 percent of the global population was online.
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Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone.
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Paul Allen with Microsoft revolutionized the software industry.
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Did you know that Kodak actually invented the digital camera that ultimately put it out of business? Kodak had the patents and a head start, but ignored all that.
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The fact is that data are worth a lot of money.
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I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.
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Human exploration is something that's been going on for thousands of years, and the models that worked 500 years ago are likely to work again today.
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I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.
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Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms.
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Remember when vacation photos meant toting along a bulky camera?
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In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent.
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In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling.
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I think we're heading towards a world of what I call 'technological socialism.' Where technology - not the government or the state - will begin to take care of us. Technology will provide our healthcare for free. The best education in the world - for free.
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An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four.
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We know from hard research that educated populations have lower growth rates, are more peaceful, and add to the global economy.
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We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet.
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Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.
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I think that we're living in a time where there are trillion-dollar opportunities that never existed before.
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Every second of every day, our senses bring in way too much data than we can possibly process in our brains.
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In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years!
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WhatsApp is both disrupting and demonetizing the entire wireless industry, and now the Facebook acquisition provides the infrastructure needed for WhatsApp to begin offering voice calls. So instead of people paying on average $80 per month, users only have to pay $0.99 per year for the same services. Wireless carriers, beware.
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It's easy to forget that for centuries - for millennia - the 'workforce' was all of us.
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The reason we care so much about what happens to the likes of Lady Gaga is not because her shenanigans will ever impact our lives; rather because our brain doesn't realize there's a difference between rock stars we know about and relatives we know.