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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.Collection: Peter
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.Collection: Peter
Nothing gets us down more than watching violence on television or reading about war and brutality in the newspaper. The truth is, there's a massive reduction in the amount of violence around the world.Collection: Peter
You might hear people decry the loss of privacy in today's world, but radical transparency is dramatically reducing violence everywhere. Most violent things happen in the dark when no one's watching, whether it's an oppressive dictator or someone causing violence in the inner city.Collection: Peter
As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you're more responsible for your behavior.Collection: Peter
Millions of years ago, our brains became wired to remember about 150 people as 'close friends.'Collection: Peter
Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone.Collection: Peter
The reason we care so much about what happens to the likes of Lady Gaga is not because her shenanigans will ever impact our lives; rather because our brain doesn't realize there's a difference between rock stars we know about and relatives we know.Collection: Peter
Once we start believing that the apocalypse is coming, the amygdala goes on high alert, filtering out most anything that says otherwise.Collection: Peter
In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling.Collection: Peter
In most developed countries, the average person receives about 16 years of education. Even in developing countries, the population gets five to eight years of education.Collection: Peter
Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.Collection: Peter
The Net is allowing us to turn ourselves into a giant, collective meta-intelligence. And this meta-intelligence continues to grow as more and more people come online.Collection: Peter
Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers.Collection: Peter
If you have a fear of flying, don't. The data are very clear: If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane.Collection: Peter
It's now possible to have your body 3D-imaged from head to toe at a sub-millimeter accuracy, showing every ripple of muscle or cellulite, to allow the perfect-fitting jeans or shoes.Collection: Peter
The goal of my work is to help assure that we can create a world of abundance in which we meet the basic needs of every man, woman and child.Collection: Peter
All over the world, we're seeing access to food, clean water, education and healthcare improve; as a result, global innovation is rising as well.Collection: Peter
The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.Collection: Peter
At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time - 45 percent - were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate.Collection: Peter
We're now able to 3D print in 200 different materials, from titanium to rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, leathers, and even chocolate.Collection: Peter
3D printing has digitized the entire manufacturing process.Collection: Peter
Even a small village in the middle of Africa with a 3D printer will have access to any good it can download. The world of the 'Star Trek' replicator is not far away.Collection: Peter
It's easy to forget that for centuries - for millennia - the 'workforce' was all of us.Collection: Peter
In 1750, 75 percent of people on the planet worked to support the top 25 percent.Collection: Peter
Not only are we working less, we're enjoying ourselves more. As we're working toward this world of abundance, we're able to increasingly enjoy leisure time.Collection: Peter
We know from hard research that educated populations have lower growth rates, are more peaceful, and add to the global economy.Collection: Peter
In 1820, the average lifespan was just 26 years. Twenty-six years!Collection: Peter
What decisions would you make differently today if you knew you would most likely live to be 150? How would you think about your 50s or 60s? How would you evaluate your career arcs or investments or even the area in which you live?Collection: Peter
In the early '90s, well under 5 percent of the global population was online.Collection: Peter
In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher.Collection: Peter
WhatsApp is both disrupting and demonetizing the entire wireless industry, and now the Facebook acquisition provides the infrastructure needed for WhatsApp to begin offering voice calls. So instead of people paying on average $80 per month, users only have to pay $0.99 per year for the same services. Wireless carriers, beware.Collection: Peter
As I've conducted my interviews with crowdsourcing entrepreneurs and experts, it's constantly hit me that your ability to do something big and bold is really a function of the size and quality of your crowd.Collection: Peter
Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business.Collection: Peter
Make it clear up front what the aim of the company is. Stay true to your authentic vision.Collection: Peter
If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.Collection: Peter
If the idea is really new and unique and big, other people will all think it is bad and is going to fail.Collection: Peter
When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.Collection: Peter
When hiring, trust your feelings.Collection: Peter
The truest drive comes from doing what you love.Collection: Peter
My personal fascination with the power of the crowd has been growing: Exactly what can a 'crowd' accomplish? We know crowds can raise billions of dollars, create Wikipedia, and even design and build small autonomous drones. But how about something large and complex like designing a new car, and maybe someday even a spaceship?Collection: Peter
I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.Collection: Peter
I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.Collection: Peter
I view risk-aversion as crippling America in many ways.Collection: Peter
Did you know that Kodak actually invented the digital camera that ultimately put it out of business? Kodak had the patents and a head start, but ignored all that.Collection: Peter
Whether it's steamships disrupted by the railroads or railroads disrupted by the airlines, it's typically the large entrenched incumbents that are displaced by innovators.Collection: Peter
The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The fact of the matter is, the government should be making a lot of risky investments, the majority of which are likely to fail.Collection: Peter
As of the mid-90s, over 50 percent of women have a bachelor's and master's degree, compared to about 35 percent and 30 percent, respectively, in 1920.Collection: Peter
Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms.Collection: Peter
It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.Collection: Peter