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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 179 - Steve Kotler: Tomorrowland: The Future is Rich (in Possibility)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Beautiful women with laser boobs. If you asked me "What's Playboy's future," that would've been my guess. But then I spoke to Steven Kotler. I asked him, "When are we going to start 3D printing houses and cars?" This was 7 or 8 months ago. But I was too late. China 3-D printed ten homes in two days. And they were cheap. $5,000 a home. Then they 3-D printed a mansion. And a five-story apartment complex. The future is rich in possibility. "We're here," Steven said. "It is really really real." "Today, for the very first time in history, pretty much anyone can have a global impact," Steven said on today's podcast. So I asked him, "If I'm sitting in my cubicle or I'm driving to work and I'm listening to this, how can I improve my life?" He told me about a woman in her 30s who graduated from Harvard, lived with her parents and couldn't get a job. So she disrupted the $256 million a year cosmetics industry. She combined a standard inkjet carton with a 3-D printer. With bio-degradable ink, she can print any type of makeup in any color. Then Steven told me how we're colonizing space. "One of the reasons we're not in space yet is because it costs $10,000 a pound to get something out of Earth's gravity well. It's really expensive. We need to be able to print in space." "My next book," Steven said, "not the one I'm writing now, but the one after that will be about the 4 enormous exoduses that are happening in this century. One is in virtual reality. Another is gonna be in space." "What's the other two?" "One is gonna be climate change migrations." "Meaning we're leaving earth?" "I don't think we're leaving Earth." "What's the fourth exodus? "I actually think the fourth is into our own subconscious... in our own mind," he said." He called them "interior states of consciousness" or "inner-space." Steven wrote some of my favorite books, including "Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World," which is also byPeter Diamandis, the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation. Bill Clinton said it's, "A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world." Steven also wrote Tomorrowland, which shows you all the ways science fiction is coming to life. So far no laser boobs. But anything is possible. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:11.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.4

The old idea about ultimate human performance is 10% brain met the idea that,

0:19.6

hey, ultimate performance is not choosing, you know, we only use 10% of our brain all the time.

0:24.0

Ultimate performance must be 100%. All of that is wrong.

0:28.6

Today for the very first time in history, pretty much anybody can have a global impact.

0:35.4

When are we going to start printing houses and cars and...

0:38.8

We are.

0:39.8

The Chinese printed a single family.

0:43.0

They printed 10 single family homes in two days with a 3D printer a couple months ago.

0:50.0

The 3D printed a mansion. You can see that.

0:52.0

You can see these online. It's type in Chinese 3D printed mansion.

0:55.8

They then 3D printed a 5 story apartment building.

0:59.2

Oh my gosh. So we are like, we're here.

1:03.0

It is really, really real.

1:14.8

And then this is Steven.

1:16.0

Steven, it's James Altiger.

1:19.2

James, how are you?

1:20.2

Good, how's it going?

1:21.4

Good, man.

1:22.4

Steven, where am I calling you actually?

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