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Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

#025: Peter Diamandis on Why A.I. Will Save the World

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

Impact Theory

Education, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Technology, Society & Culture, Business, Self-improvement

4.75.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Named one of Fortune’s “50 greatest leaders of all time,” Peter Diamandis is disrupting education and business through his 19 startups and his role as founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE. Guided by the stories handed down from his father, he used medical school to launch his space exploration program and is now a multiple New York Times bestselling author. Dive in with Peter and Tom as they discuss the importance of cultivating passion, curiosity, and grit in this compelling episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. “Part of this is putting yourself out there and trying. The ratio of zero to one is infinite.” —Peter Diamandis SHOW NOTES Peter recalls leveraging familial pressure to become a doctor as a stepping stone toward his true desire. [2:43] Peter talks about cultivating the drive to move in the direction of his passion. [6:01] Peter recalls how his father’s stories shaped his worldview. [10:44] Tom and Peter discuss why telling stories is the best way to encounter a growth mindset. [16:12] Peter reveals the three most important things to nurture in any child. [19:30] Peter spells out the most important elements of thinking like an entrepreneur. [23:57] Peter digs into his fascination with Star Trek and bridging the gap between science fiction and reality. [25:38] Tom and Peter dive deep into his passion surrounding stem cells and human longevity. [33:20] Peter discusses societal changes involving technological unemployment. [43:28] Peter talks about enhancing human intelligence and plugging into meta intelligence. [47:45] Peter explains why he believes we are living inside of a video game simulation. [52:54] Peter defines the impact that he wants to have on the world. [57:18] MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE BOOKS Bold - http://amzn.to/2lydR4m [2:06] Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think - http://amzn.to/2cj3rSQ [2:07] The Poor Man’s James Bond - http://amzn.to/2qqL4wK [4:35] Fahrenheit 451 - http://amzn.to/2qzYdnd [46:49] Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - http://amzn.to/2kDyIxH [49:48] Einstein's Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions - http://amzn.to/2qqMFTm [55:27] ORGANIZATIONS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)- http://bit.ly/2s8gKaO [6:40] Space Generation Advisory Council - http://bit.ly/2rJZ7Bu [18:34] International Space University - http://bit.ly/2quHXTS [18:36] Blue Origin - http://bit.ly/1bYMzLo [33:44] Space X - http://bit.ly/2quzUGM [34:20] Kernel - http://bit.ly/2s8wYRq [48:34] Neuralink - http://bit.ly/2qqL3Ji [48:36] COMPETITIONS/EVENTS Dean Kamen FIRST Robotics Competition - http://bit.ly/2oa0eJm [22:33] Tricorder Xprize - http://bit.ly/1oUcDXD [28:08] The Visioneers Summit - http://bit.ly/2dmNhTg [30:00] PEOPLE Jeff Bezos - http://bit.ly/1IgYsWr [6:50] Gene Roddenberry - http://bit.ly/2qqNQlE [26:27] Elon Musk - http://bit.ly/1tNavZk [34:10] Ray Kurzweil - http://bit.ly/2quOq0X [48:09] Bryan Johnson - http://bit.ly/2qqelYM [48:34] David Foster Wallace: This Is Water- http://bit.ly/2r03vv2 [50:11] Thad Roberts - http://bit.ly/2r0h51B [55:00] FOLLOW PETER TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2r9XYCO INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2r7II7c FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2qnpD3M WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/1KCNX5L FOLLOW PETER’S ORGANIZATIONS Human Longevity, Inc. - http://bit.ly/2s1KMxR Singularity University - http://bit.ly/2qq7ej2 Planetary Resources - http://bit.ly/2qqk9Bd XPRIZE - http://bit.ly/2qnacbW

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Impact Theory Podcast, your source of empowering ideas and actionable techniques from the world's highest achievers.

0:08.0

Join host Tom Billio, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of the billion dollar brand Quest Nutrition, on a journey to unlock your potential and realize your vision of success.

0:19.0

Welcome to Impact Theory.

0:23.0

Everybody, welcome to Impact Theory. You are here, my friends, because you believe that human potential is nearly limitless, but you know that having potential is not the same as actually doing something with it.

0:36.0

So our goal with this show and company is to introduce you to the people and ideas that are actually going to help you execute on your dreams.

0:44.0

Today's guest is a hyper-intelligent, furiously educated, one man army hell bent to create a brighter future.

0:52.0

While others may look forward and see only a dystopian world where the machines enslave us for our heat energy, he sees only amazing possibilities.

1:01.0

And this optimism coupled with a metric ton of grit and degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and an MD from Harvard Medical School have helped him shape himself into one of the most potent entrepreneurial forces on the planet.

1:16.0

He is committed to helping at least one million entrepreneurs create companies that matter and he believes that the best way to predict the future is to create it.

1:26.0

As such, he's founded 17 companies himself and invested in countless more that are designed to alter the very fabric of human society.

1:34.0

From human longevity, Eek and Cellularity, which together aimed to keep us all healthy and add 30 high performance years of the human lifespan to singularity university, which is disrupting education and business quite frankly.

1:46.0

And planetary resources, a company that builds the spaceships, humankind will need to, you guessed it, mine asteroids.

1:54.0

He's literally constructing our future one game-changing enterprise at a time.

1:59.0

He's also the founder and executive chairman of X Prize, the legendary nonprofit, the gay birth to privatize spaceflight and continues to incentivize some of the biggest scientific and technological breakthroughs of the 21st century.

2:12.0

It is not hard to see my friends why Fortune Magazine is named one of the 50 greatest leaders of our time.

2:19.0

So please, help me in welcoming the man who has a stamp with his face on it, the multiple time New York Times best-selling author of bold and abundance, the future is brighter than you think.

2:30.0

Dr. Peter Diamandis.

2:33.0

It is so good to have you on the show, man.

2:41.0

It is so great to be here, pal.

2:43.0

I need to get a copy of that introduction so I can send to my mom.

2:47.0

That is very reasonable.

2:50.0

I love the story about the fact that your family really wanted you to go to medical school, which you did dutifully as a good Greek boy.

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