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

Peter Diamandis

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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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" The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago. "

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" I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness. "

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

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

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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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" My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society. "

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" If you stop and think about it, the form of propulsion used today hasn't changed in over a thousand years... since the invention of fireworks by the Chinese. "

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" We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy. It's just not in usable form yet. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" Old-style management is irrelevant. "

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

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" I have the general philosophy of creating the future you want to see. "

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" 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? "

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" In the 1960s, 110 countries had averages of six or more children per family. "

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

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