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" Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020. "
Peter Diamandis
Eight
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" When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business. "
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" Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something. "
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" Nothing matters more than your health. Healthy living is priceless. What millionaire wouldn't pay dearly for an extra 10 or 20 years of healthy aging? "
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" In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent. "
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" The fact is that data are worth a lot of money. "
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" My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. "
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" The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions. "
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" Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward. "
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" Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking. "
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" As lower-cost phones begin to penetrate, they'll become the educator and physician everywhere on the planet. "
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" Remember when vacation photos meant toting along a bulky camera? "
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" Private industry's job is to make money. Private industry's job is to create a huge economic engine. "
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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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" So while I can't tell you if bringing a child into this world is the morally-responsible to do, I can say that the future, much like the present, is going to be a whole lot better than you think. "
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" The U.S. government doesn't build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely takes technologies pioneered by the government and turns them into cheap, reliable and robust industries. This has happened in aviation, air mail, computers, and the Internet. "
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" Today, the smartphone in your pocket has a high-quality digital camera. Everyone - not just artists - is a photographer, and the explosion of photos taken annually proves it. "
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" When I was a grad student at MIT, I had a chance to become friends with the Viking Mission's chief scientist, Dr. Gerald Soffen. Viking was the first Mars lander looking for signs of life on Mars. "
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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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" As medical research continues and technology enables new breakthroughs, there will be a day when malaria and most all major deadly diseases are eradicated on Earth. "
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" As humans, we have evolved to compete... it is in our genes, and we love to watch a competition. "
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" Making things open-source brings the cost down. "
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" When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant. "
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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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