American - Businessman | May 20, 1961 -
I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.
Peter Diamandis
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Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.
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Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.
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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.
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I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.
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Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.
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So while I can't tell you if bringing a child into this world is the morally-responsible to do, I can say that the future, much like the present, is going to be a whole lot better than you think.
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As lower-cost phones begin to penetrate, they'll become the educator and physician everywhere on the planet.
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Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.
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By 2020 the U.S. will be short 91,000 doctors. There's no way we can educate enough doctors to make up that shortfall, and other countries are far worse off.
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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.
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I think that we're living in a time where there are trillion-dollar opportunities that never existed before.
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