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" In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died. "

Peter Diamandis

African-American

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" Making things open-source brings the cost down. "

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" Nothing gets us down more than watching violence on television or reading about war and brutality in the newspaper. The truth is, there's a massive reduction in the amount of violence around the world. "

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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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" Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress. "

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" It's never been easier to share your ideas and passions with the world. "

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" People need to understand how exponential technologies are impacting the business landscape. They need to do some future-casting and look at how industries are evolving and being transformed. "

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" My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician. "

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

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" Visual artists use drones to capture beautiful new images and camera angles. "

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" The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest market opportunities. And that's a huge thing. Solve hunger, literacy and energy problems, get the gratitude of the world and become a billionaire in the process. "

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" We're now able to 3D print in 200 different materials, from titanium to rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, leathers, and even chocolate. "

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" Because it's free, easy to use, and high-quality, photography is now a fixture in our daily lives - something we take for granted. "

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" As of the mid-90s, over 50 percent of women have a bachelor's and master's degree, compared to about 35 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in 1920. "

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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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" I was seeing a lot of entrepreneurs who were effectively working on the next photo-sharing app. I wanted to inspire them to go much bigger, bolder and more significant than that. "

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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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" 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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" The truest drive comes from doing what you love. "

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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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" Old-style management is irrelevant. "

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

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" Never tolerate a toxic person in your organization. "

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" As of 2011, it cost about $5,000 to launch a tech startup. "

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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 communications industry has been tremendously successful, but we need to build the railroads and the oil wells and the gold mines of space. "

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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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" If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs. "

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" You might hear people decry the loss of privacy in today's world, but radical transparency is dramatically reducing violence everywhere. Most violent things happen in the dark when no one's watching, whether it's an oppressive dictator or someone causing violence in the inner city. "

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