Explore Quotes by Peter Diamandis

3D printing has digitized the entire manufacturing process.

At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time - 45 percent - were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate.

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.

By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty.

Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers.

Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.

In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling.

The reason we care so much about what happens to the likes of Lady Gaga is not because her shenanigans will ever impact our lives; rather because our brain doesn't realize there's a difference between rock stars we know about and relatives we know.

Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone.

As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you're more responsible for your behavior.

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.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

As lower-cost phones begin to penetrate, they'll become the educator and physician everywhere on the planet.

I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.

Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.

Drones photograph, prospect and advertise real estate from golf courses to skyscrapers; they also monitor construction in progress.

I think about things like, 'Will my kids need a college account? Will they even go to college?' I don't know if that will be the case.

The rate of innovation is a function of the total number of people connected and exchanging ideas. It has gone up as population has gone up. It's gone up as people have concentrated in cities.

Private industry's job is to make money. Private industry's job is to create a huge economic engine.

Private companies should be building businesses.

I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?'