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" It's easy to forget that for centuries - for millennia - the 'workforce' was all of us. "

Peter Diamandis

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" If the government regulates against use of drones or stem cells or artificial intelligence, all that means is that the work and the research leave the borders of that country and go someplace else. "

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" In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher. "

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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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" If you've been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna. "

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

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" Now, we connect via Skype or Google+ Hangout and see our friends' and loved ones' faces live. "

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

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

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" With sufficient water on the Moon, solar energy can be used to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is, of course, critical for humans to breathe and the water important for us to drink. "

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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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" Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday. "

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" It used to be that, in astronomy, a small team of people could look at photos of a few thousand galaxies and classify and catalog them relatively easily. But now, with a new generation of robotic telescopes scanning the skies constantly and producing millions of images, that's become next to impossible. "

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" Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers. "

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" We are living toward incredible times where the only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing. "

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

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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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" In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent. "

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" All of us are linear thinkers. We evolved in a world that was local and linear. You know, back 100,000, 200,000, millions of years ago, when we were evolving as a human species, nothing changed. You know, the life of your great-grandparents, you, your kids - it was the same. And so we are local and linear thinkers. "

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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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" 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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" I get my news from selected Google News and my social feed. "

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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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" The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child. "

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