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" There was a Gallup poll that said something like 70 percent of people in the United States do not enjoy their job - they work to put food on the table and get insurance to survive. So, what happens when technology can do all that work for us and allow us to actually do what we enjoy with our time? "

Peter Diamandis

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Job

Work

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Money

Enough

" All over the world, we're seeing access to food, clean water, education and healthcare improve; as a result, global innovation is rising as well. "

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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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Think

Impatient

" In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years! "

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

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