Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.' — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The rate of innovation is a function of the total number of people connected and exchanging ideas. It has gone up as… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Your mission is to find a product or service that can positively impact the lives of 1 billion people because that's the… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks.… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Today, philanthropy is a very unsophisticated, old world process where people who make a shitload of money go and give it away… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Many people who try to do big bold things in the world find out it's not about the money or the technology:… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
There was a Gallup poll that said something like 70 percent of people in the United States do not enjoy their job… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs.… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
My goal is there's a new generation of cars. And people can say we're living in a new day and age. A… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
You have to ask yourself the question, do you have the smartest people in the world working for your company? And if… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
NASA calls stuff nominal instead of phenomenal, like it really is. So I have given up that there is going to be… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
You might hear people decry the loss of privacy in today's world, but radical transparency is dramatically reducing violence everywhere. Most violent… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Online games for data-mining have a short virtual shelf life. People get bored, especially if the game seems stagnant. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done.… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
People need to understand how exponential technologies are impacting the business landscape. They need to do some future-casting and look at how… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If you give people unlimited time and money, they'll do things the same old way. But if they have to achieve the… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
WhatsApp is both disrupting and demonetizing the entire wireless industry, and now the Facebook acquisition provides the infrastructure needed for WhatsApp to… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Imagine a world of nine billion people with clean water, nutritious food, affordable housing, personalized education, top-tier medical care, and nonpolluting, ubiquitous… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The Net is allowing us to turn ourselves into a giant, collective meta-intelligence. And this meta-intelligence continues to grow as more and… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
It used to be that, in astronomy, a small team of people could look at photos of a few thousand galaxies and… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I believed that once we got to the Moon, there was no stopping us. But in fact, we did stop. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
A Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Now, we connect via Skype or Google+ Hangout and see our friends' and loved ones' faces live. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
As lower-cost phones begin to penetrate, they'll become the educator and physician everywhere on the planet. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
