Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandisis a Greek–American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, the co-founder and executive chairman of Singularity University and the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World. He is also the former CEO and co-founder of the Zero Gravity Corporation, the co-founder and vice chairman of Space Adventures...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 May 1961
creating luxury abundance
Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.
long generations problem
Every generation feels it has the problems that will destroy it. That's because we can perceive them a long time before we have the ability to fix them.
rate-of-change rate constant
The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing,
goal philanthropy
One of my goals is to reinvent philanthropy.
people risk blame
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.
news bad-news sells
Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.
car worst humans
Humans are the worst control system to put in front of a car.
space firsts made
The first trillionaire can be made in space.
block thinking innovation
Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.
stars earth meek
The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars.
team passion past
Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past.
beautiful car safe
The paradigm I want to change is that, you can have a car that is beautiful, manufacturable, affordable, safe, fast, and oh, by the way, does 100 mpg, or its energy equivalent. Why wouldn't you?
night gold pay
Find that thing that you are passionate about, that you will do day or night whether someone pays you or not...because if you have that, you will have gold.
opportunity racing quality
We are racing toward a world of abundance, and we are going to be increasing the quality of life for everyone on this planet. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.