Episode 45: Dangerous Ideas

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Episode 45: Dangerous Ideas

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Nov 3, 2017

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Peter and Dan delve into a number of dangerous ideas, including changing government, healthcare, and education, and discuss how these opinions are less than a decade away. In this episode: Peter describes a world where the blockchain enables 100% trust among strangers, which will disrupt current governments and many industries. Dan discusses why he […]

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Nov 3, 2017

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Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan discuss how exponential technologies are creating massive opportunities for entrepreneurs all over the world and the impact of hyperconnectivity on global innovation.

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Episode 10: Robots: Out of the Factories, Into Our Lives: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss the term “robot” and the fact that we’ve been using robots in our daily lives for years. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 4: Living a Longer, Healthier Life: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss how you can live a longer, healthier life. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 2: Hyperconnectivity Welcomes the Rest of the World: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss the impact of hyperconnectivity on global innovation and the newest technological developments that are leading to greater wealth and abundance. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 20: VR & Technology Convergence: Unexpected convergent consequences… this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. An expert might be reasonably good at predicting the growth of a single exponential technology (e.g. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 8: Negativity Bias: Why We Pay Attention to Bad News: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss why humans pay 10 times more attention on average to negative news than positive news. by Exponential Wisdom
22 min listen
Episode 27: Evidence of Abundance: Peter took the stage at TED in 2012, when he delivered his talk about Abundance. In this episode, Peter and Dan take a look at ten charts with updated stats and data proving that the world is truly getting better. by Exponential Wisdom
31 min listen
Episode 18: Nearing a Trillion-Sensor Economy: An expert might be reasonably good at predicting the growth of a single exponential technology (e.g. the Internet of Things), but try to predict the future when the following eight technologies are all doubling, by Exponential Wisdom
24 min listen
Episode 7: The Impact Pledge: Turning Success Into Significance: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss how to turn success into significance by creating an impact pledge. by Exponential Wisdom
22 min listen
Episode 22: What WON’T Change in 10 Years?: With exponential technologies exploding into the market place changing industries and the way we live, Peter and Dan discuss what won’t change in the next ten years. Regardless of technological change, it’s always courageous entrepreneurs bringing pra... by Exponential Wisdom
26 min listen
Episode 3: Big Data & Entrepreneurial Breakthroughs: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss cutting-edge breakthroughs for entrepreneurs and how you can use date to gain an unfair advantage. by Exponential Wisdom
18 min listen
Episode 16: Driving Innovation: Part 2: In this episode, Peter and Dan continue their discussion on innovation concepts with a chat about the age bias and why most people are at their creative best before age 30. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 49: Your Mindset is Everything: Peter and Dan discuss the Polak Game -- a diagram with four perspectives on the world -- and why they believe entrepreneurs share the mindset that the world is getting better and we have the ability to make it even better. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 19: AI: A Tool, Not a Threat: Dan and Peter discuss the hot topic of Artificial Intelligence (cognitive computing) and their belief that this technology will soon tackle society’s most daunting challenges bringing exabytes of data into perspective. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 6: How HLI Plans to Make 100 the New 60: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss how Human Longevity Inc. plans to make 100 years of age the new 60. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 9: How the Sharing Economy Can Disrupt Your Business: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss how to keep up with the sharing economy and how it will affect your business. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 11: Problems Are Goldmines: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss mindset and how problems can be the biggest business opportunities. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 32: Humanity’s Growth Tension Points: This episode, Peter and Dan discuss how technology is changing the political process around the world, and what this means for entrepreneurs. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 21: Inside the Future of Healthcare: In this episode, Dan discusses his recent trip to the Human Longevity Inc. Health Nucleus and why he believes it is the best clinical experience in the world. Many species on this planet live for hundreds of years, by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 14: Opening the Space Frontier: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss the film “The Martian” and the science behind actually living on Mars. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 46: Preparing for the Transportation Shakeout: Peter and Dan discuss the latest technologies in the transportation industry. Electric autonomous cars, Virgin Hyperloop One, flying vehicles like Airbus and Uber Elevate, and Elon Musk’s Boring Company and SpaceX rockets. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 34: Longevity Escape Velocity: Dan and Peter discuss their common desire to live a long and healthy life, and takeaways from Peter’s recent visit to a cutting-edge stem cell clinic in Panama. by Exponential Wisdom
21 min listen
Episode 24: Scorecards (Without A Target, You’ll Miss It Every Time): We’re constantly in a state of information overload, and trying to focus on everything at once is overwhelming. Dan and Peter discuss a simple yet powerful tool they use to evaluate and objectively track progress, step by step. by Exponential Wisdom
25 min listen
Episode 12: Ripe For Disruption… Agriculture and Transportation: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss how sensors and robotics will disrupt a multitude of billion-dollar industries. by Exponential Wisdom
24 min listen
Episode 5: BOLD Leadership & Disruptive Change: In this episode, Peter and Dan discuss how to be a leader and adapt to exponentials. by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 23: When Should You Kill Your Idea?: As an entrepreneur, the single most important thing you can do in business is continuous experimentation. You no longer need to guess how your customers will respond — thanks to the technology we have today, by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 36: Predicting the World Series: Peter and Dan discuss the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to make predictions far better than humans, given the explosion in the amount of data in recent years. by Exponential Wisdom
20 min listen
Episode 40: Digitizing the World: In Episode 27: Evidence of Abundance, Peter and Dan discussed the 6 D’s framework and how this model is a road map to contextualize exponential technologies. In this episode, they dig deeper into the first step, Digitization, by Exponential Wisdom
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Episode 28: Hiring “A” Players: If you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company, you’ve got to get one thing right: hiring. Peter and Dan discuss one of the most important aspects of being an entrepreneur — attracting great people and recruiting them into the organization. by Exponential Wisdom
22 min listen
Episode 17: The Power of Experimentation: In this episode, Dan and Peter discuss starting a new product in the year 2016 and the idea of continuous testing. by Exponential Wisdom
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