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

Peter Diamandis

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" Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream. "

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" At its core, bitcoin is a smart currency designed by very forward-thinking engineers. It eliminates the need for banks, gets rid of credit card fees, currency exchange fees, money transfer fees, and reduces the need for lawyers in transitions... all good things. "

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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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" 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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" Many entrepreneurs that made their fortunes by founding successful technology companies want to give back and solve the world's biggest problems on a grand scale. There is tremendous opportunity in this approach. "

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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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" Remember when vacation photos meant toting along a bulky camera? "

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" At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time - 45 percent - were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate. "

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" Learning how to understand how technology evolves, using tools like a Technology Road Map, is what you need more than anything to ride on top of the tsunami instead of being crushed by it. "

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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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" 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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" By 2020 the U.S. will be short 91,000 doctors. There's no way we can educate enough doctors to make up that shortfall, and other countries are far worse off. "

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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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" I view risk-aversion as crippling America in many ways. "

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" After more than a decade as the editor of 'Wired' magazine, Chris Anderson started the company of his dreams - a robotics manufacturing company called 3D Robotics - to produce the autonomous flying vehicles coming out of DIY Drones. "

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" There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth. "

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

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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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" With faster Internet and better computers, you'd better believe we're creating and consuming more digital data. "

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

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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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" Online games for data-mining have a short virtual shelf life. People get bored, especially if the game seems stagnant. "

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" Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so. "

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" An exponential growth is a simple doubling. One becomes two becomes four. "

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" I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors. "

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