Peter H. Diamandis

Chairman & CEO, X Prize Foundation

Peter H. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Best known for the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight, the Foundation is now launching prizes in Exploration, Life Sciences, Energy, and Education. Diamandis is also the co-Founder & Executive Chairman of the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley based institution teaching graduates and executives about exponentially growing technologies and their potential to address humanity's grand challenges.

Along with fellow Big Think expert Steven Kotler, Diamandis is co-author of the New York Times best selling hardcover book Abundance—The Future Is Better Than You Think which was #2 on the NYTimes List and #1 on Amazon. Their latest book is titled Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World.

Diamandis has founded or co-founded many of the leading entrepreneurial companies in this sector including Zero Gravity Corporation, the Rocket Racing League and Space Adventures. He also counsels the world's top enterprises on how to utilize exponential technologies and incentivized innovation to dramatically accelerate their business objectives. Dr. Diamandis attended MIT where he received degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering, as well as Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. Diamandis' personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!"

The Present

Stuck in Neutral? Supercharge Your Innovation Thinking, with Peter Diamandis

The CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation lays out three tools to boost innovative ideas and re-draw the frontiers of business and creativity.

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The Virtual Clothing Store of the Future, Where You’re the Runway Model

Look out, Amazon. The virtual clothing store of the future will offer a unique shopping experience that blows our current setup out of the water.

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Peter Diamandis on How to Become a Billionaire

Exponential technologies are rapidly shifting the way we live and do business, says Singularity University’s Peter Diamandis. Those who learn to take advantage of them are sure to ride the wave to extraordinary success.

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What Will it Take to Make you Look Good, Feel Good, and Think Good at 100?

Entrepreneur Peter H. Diamandis discusses his work with the new company Human Longevity Inc., which seeks to extend the healthy human lifespan.

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Smart Skills

How Uber is Democratizing the Automobile, with Peter Diamandis

Uber is an example of an exponential company that harness technology to revolutionize whole industries.

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Peter Diamandis: Keep Your Eye on Virtual Reality in 2015

Every year, Peter Diamandis ruminates on the kinds of technology ready to leap from “deceptive” to “disruptive.” In this video, he explores virtual reality as an innovation ready to take the leap.

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Glimpsing the Meta-Intelligence of the Future

We humans are those simple individual life forms that are beginning to bring technology into our bodies, whether it’s the cell phone or eventually brain/computer interface.

Why Democracies Become Risk-Averse

The challenge we have in a democracy is that we can change our minds depending on which party is in power.

Failing Like Edison

Constrains, willingness to fail, willingness to take big risks and rapid iteration are absolutely fundamental to innovation.

The Progress Report on AI and Robotics

Peter Diamandis: It’s really when you combine AI & Robotics together that you have magic happening.

We Need to Educate to Create New Knowledge

The issue is learning the best questions to ask and learning how to interact once you have the knowledge to create new knowledge.

AI Will Deliver Education on Demand

Learning facts and figures are going to be best done by technology feeding them to you the way you want to hear them, when you want to hear them.

Stop Complaining and Start Solving Problems

We ultimately need to change the global conversation from one of people complaining about problems to a mindset of solving them.

You Need to Plan Your Business with the Technology of Tomorrow

If you launch with today’s technology by the time you come to market you’re going to be out of business.

The Change Cycle: First We Resist, Then We Adapt, Then We Love

When things change dramatically we resist it at first and then we adapt and then we love the change.

On Human Progress: We Are Born Healthy and Age Comfortably

It’s much safer to be able to be a child and to be a mom.

Exponential Change is the New Normal, but We’ll Never Get Used to It

Ultimately we’re never going to get people used to the rate of exponential change. Humans will always be somewhat resistant to it.

Why We Love Bad News: Understanding Negativity Bias

90% of the news in the newspaper and on television is negative because that’s what we pay attention to.

What If We Had a Squanderable Abundance of Energy? We Do.

Energy becomes literally the fuel that allows us to fulfill almost all of our dreams and what I point out to people is we do have a squanderable abundance of energy. It happens to be sunlight.

How Technology Will Change Our Entire Concept of Value

Technology has a scarcity-liberating capability. It takes that which is scarce and can make it abundant.

Gazing Into the Future of Knowledge Abundance

We will have abundance in terms of knowledge and equality and we won’t have the bottom billion anymore, but what I call the rising billion.

Why I Can’t Wait for Autonomous Cars to Come Out

And as someone who has a really terrible driving record I can’t wait for autonomous cars to come out.

You Need to Create Your Own Luck

A lot of the great successes in life were overnight successes after 10 years of hard work.

Let’s Stop Killing Ourselves and Take Some Risks

Taking risks doesn’t mean being stupid. It really involves taking measured risks and really understanding how to mitigate those risks in one way or another.

Where Do Breakthroughs Come From?

If you’re looking for breakthroughs, you need to be willing to take huge risks and to back non-traditional approaches.

Chris Anderson: DIY Hero

Chris Anderson’s community is aimed at demonetizing a number of industries.

The Difference Between Linear and Exponential Thinking

As humans we think linearly, but the world is changing exponentially.

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Peter Diamandis: We’re Living as Emperors and Kings Would Have Lived 100 Years Ago

Is technology humanizing? For Peter Diamandis the answer is a resounding yes. “We’re living as emperors and kings would have lived 100 years ago and we take it for granted,” […]

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If You Want to Change the World, Talk to the Right People

if you’re trying to drive a radical change in the world, a lot of experts are going to tell you, it can’t be done or it’s impossible. You therefore need […]

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Raise Resources, with Peter Diamandis

If you have a big idea, chances are you’ll have to raise capital to make it happen. But don’t limit yourself to just looking for someone to cut a check.

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