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" I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case. "

Peter Diamandis

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" As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you're more responsible for your behavior. "

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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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" 3D printing has digitized the entire manufacturing process. "

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" When you have an employee who's innovative in your organization, what are they thinking about in the shower? If they're working in an exciting place, they're not thinking what they're going to do over the weekend. They're thinking: 'How do I solve that problem?' "

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" The Net is allowing us to turn ourselves into a giant, collective meta-intelligence. And this meta-intelligence continues to grow as more and more people come online. "

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" It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes. "

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" We are effectively living in a world of communications and information abundance. "

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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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" When hiring, trust your feelings. "

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" In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot's license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh's autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic. "

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" Many people who try to do big bold things in the world find out it's not about the money or the technology: It's about the regulatory hurdles that will try and stop you. "

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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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" If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes. "

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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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" In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup. "

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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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" Today, every skirmish in every part of the planet is broadcast straight into your living room live, in HD... over and over again. "

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" The fact that the Virgin logo was on the side of SpaceShipOne on October 4th, 2004 was fantastic. "

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" Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization. "

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" Mining asteroids will ultimately benefit humanity on and off the Earth in a multitude of ways. "

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" If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns. "

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" Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development. "

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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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" Old-style management is irrelevant. "

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" I collect a lot of data. We all do. "

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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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" In 1980, it cost just under $600 to take a round-trip flight within the United States. "

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" Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear. "

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" If you give people unlimited time and money, they'll do things the same old way. But if they have to achieve the goal in a brief time, they'll either give up or try something new. "

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" Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise. "

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