The Virtual Clothing Store of the Future, Where You're the Runway Model
Look out, Amazon. The virtual clothing store of the future will offer a unique shopping experience that blows our current setup out of the water.
Tech entrepreneur Peter Diamandis offers one example of how virtual reality as an exponential technology will disrupt the current state of online shopping. Understanding radical technological shifts is a major advantage for individuals and businesses that want to stay a step (or 100 steps) ahead of their peers. And Singularity University’s 2015 Exponential Finance conference, happening June 2 and 3 in New York City, brings together some of the top future-focused entrepreneurs in every field — from finance, to law, to computing, to medicine — to share their discoveries and insights into what’s coming next, and how to turn it to your advantage. Tickets are going fast. Use the code BIGTHINK500 to lock in your seats now, at a $500 discount.
Peter Diamandis on How to Become a Billionaire
Exponential technologies are rapidly shifting the way we live and do business, says Singularity University's Peter Diamandis. Those who learn to take advantage of them are sure to ride the wave to extraordinary success.
Exponential technologies are rapidly shifting the way we live and do business, says Singularity University's Peter Diamandis. Those who learn to take advantage of them are sure to ride the wave to extraordinary success.
Peter Diamandis is one of many ahead-of-the-curve speakers at 2015’s Exponential Finance conference, June 2-3 in New York City. Co-produced by Singularity University and CNBC, Exponential Finance provides insight into new technologies that leaders need to understand in order to make the most of the accelerating change happening across business sectors.
What Will it Take to Make you Look Good, Feel Good, and Think Good at 100?
Entrepreneur Peter H. Diamandis discusses his work with the new company Human Longevity Inc., which seeks to extend the healthy human lifespan.
Entrepreneur Peter H. Diamandis discusses his work with the new company Human Longevity Inc., which seeks to extend the healthy human lifespan. The goal is to make 100 years old the new 60 with genome sequencing serving as the catalyst for this ambitious achievement. Unlocking the secrets of the human genome should allow us to determine the necessary course of action for achieving longevity.
How Uber is Democratizing the Automobile, with Peter Diamandis
Uber is an example of an exponential company that harness technology to revolutionize whole industries.
Today's entrepreneurs have access to an unprecedented amount of technological resources that as few as 20 years ago were reserved only for the largest and most powerful companies. These kinds exponential technologies make it possible to impact and sell to billions of people. As part of Big Think's collaboration with Singularity University on Exponential Leadership, Peter Diamandis explains how exponential entrepreneurs who take advantage of these technologies are able to revolutionize entire industries. He employs Uber as an example of an exponential company forever changing the way we perceive car ownership. Diamandis is the executive chairman of Singularity University and co-author of Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World.
Peter H. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Best known for the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight, the Foundation is now launching prizes in Exploration, Life Sciences, Energy, and Education. Diamandis is also the co-Founder & Executive Chairman of the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley based institution teaching graduates and executives about exponentially growing technologies and their potential to address humanity's grand challenges.
Along with fellow Big Think expert Steven Kotler, Diamandis is co-author of the New York Times best selling hardcover book Abundance—The Future Is Better Than You Think which was #2 on the NYTimes List and #1 on Amazon. Their latest book is titled Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World.
Diamandis has founded or co-founded many of the leading entrepreneurial companies in this sector including Zero Gravity Corporation, the Rocket Racing League and Space Adventures. He also counsels the world's top enterprises on how to utilize exponential technologies and incentivized innovation to dramatically accelerate their business objectives. Dr. Diamandis attended MIT where he received degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering, as well as Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. Diamandis' personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!"
