Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil – Exponential and Abundance Thinking

Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil – Exponential and Abundance Thinking

Archive : Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil – Exponential and Abundance Thinking

A fortunate few have lived in sharp contrast to the hardscrabble bulk since the start of time. According to conventional thinking, this chasm cannot be bridged. But time is running out. In Abundance, space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler show how advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, infinite computing, ubiquitous broadband networks, digital manufacturing, nanomaterials, synthetic biology, and many other exponentially growing technologies will allow us to make more progress in the next two decades than in the previous two centuries.

Abundance and Exponential Thinking

The 10 modules that Ray and I cover in this Exponential & Abundance Thinking education course are summarized here. Each video session delves deeply into these subjects and raises issues that may be applied directly to your business. This product will only be available until June 28, 2013, or while supplies last.
Modules for Exponential and Abundance Thinking

Module One

Introductions, Personal Stories, and Success Tips

How do they each view the obstacles and opportunities that have led to their success?
Where do they obtain their inspiration?
What are their top five “lessons learned” that they plan to use to their future startup?

Module two

Linear Thinking is Dead; Long Live Exponential Growth

What is the definition of exponential growth? How does it make you feel?
Examples that help you think in an exponential manner
Technology is enabling exponential growth.
A paradigm’s lifetime

Module three

The Accelerating Returns Law

Ray will describe how mankind will make 20,000 years of advancement (at today’s rate) in the next 100 years of the twenty-first century. What are the ramifications of this law for you, your company, and your industry in the next two, five, and ten years?

4th Module

Artificial Intelligence and How the Brain Works

How will Strong AI be used in everyday business this decade?
How will it most likely initially appear?
What new skills and services can you anticipate in the next 5 to 10 years?

5th Module

Competitions with Incentives

Internal: How to establish awards within your company or industry to encourage innovative thinking and the development of new products or services.
External: How to persuade the outside world to assist you tackle your most difficult challenges.

How can you double your capital by 10-50 times and just pay for results? How can you locate the world’s smartest individuals to assist you tackle your most difficult problems?

Module Six

Biotechnology

Biotechnology will produce the future Googles and Facebooks. Where should you seek for these opportunities? How will these technologies affect your chances of living to be really old? What are the forecasts for the next five, ten, and twenty years?

7th Module

Motivating Innovation

Peter has witnessed teams develop in a variety of sectors via his work with the X PRIZE. How do you put together a creative team? What are their characteristics? What triggered the astonishing invention of the Apollo program or the dotcom revolution? Why are Silicon Valley firms so much more inventive than those in Europe or Asia?
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8th Module

Tools for Extensive Organization

Gamification – How can you turn a problem into a game for others to solve?
Audience-Driven Product Development – How can you leverage the crowd to develop and design your next product such that people want to buy it?

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