Peter Diamandis, Founder of the XPrize Foundation and Singularity University (#045)

    Peter Diamandis is a remarkable entrepreneur,
and futurist, best known as the Founder & Executive Chairman of
XPRIZE Foundation. His new book, written with Steven Kotler, is
“The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies
Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives.” Already a
bestseller, it is both timely and important. In this discussion
with Brian Keating, Diamandis shares his vision for technological
and educational advances over the next decade and how COVID-19 has
accelerated the timeline. Show notes and resources are available
here.  04:49 How COVID-19 will change what the next ten years
look like. 13:02 The Tricorder XPRIZE and how Star Trek inspired
Diamandis. 18:19 Artificial intelligence and human intelligence
need to work together. 27:03 “For the first time ever, the human
race has a singular enemy.” 36:46 Should universities offer
lifelong subscriptions? 45:28 Technology marches forward; make it a
force for good. 50:30 Arthur C. Clarke supported Diamandis’ early
pursuits. It may have taken a global pandemic for many people to
understand exponential growth, but Diamandis has used it for years
to explain technological advancement. Understanding Diamandis’ 6
D’s – digitization, deception, disruption, demonetization,
dematerialization, and democratization – can help entrepreneurs
make an impact. Diamandis is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical
School. While still in school himself, he co-founded The
International Space University which boasts multiple astronauts as
alumni. He also co-founded the weightless flight company Zero G
that provides training flights for NASA. He is an advisor and
friend of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC
San Diego. Diamandis and Steven Kotler have written three
bestselling books together. He co-hosts the podcast Exponential
Wisdom with Dan Sullivan. Buy books by Peter Diamandis and Steven
Kotler: The Future is Faster Than You Think  BOLD: How to Go
Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World  Abundance: The Future
Is Better Than You Think  Learn more about the Tricorder
XPRIZE Listen to Peter Diamandis on a previous episode of INTO THE
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