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

Peter Diamandis

People

Life

Game

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Regardless of what the naysayers believe about human interaction and social media, the data show us that the abundance of technology is actually increasing the abundance of happiness all over the world. "

" Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big. "

" I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky. "

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

" I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?' "

" 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. "

" My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of your child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. "

" What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live? "

" Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized. "

" The fact is that data are worth a lot of money. "

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

" I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes them feel good about their lives. "

" 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. "

" As I've conducted my interviews with crowdsourcing entrepreneurs and experts, it's constantly hit me that your ability to do something big and bold is really a function of the size and quality of your crowd. "

" I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. "

Peter Diamandis

Think

Impatient

" 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? "

" Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Imagine what we could do for the world's grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention. "