Introduction

Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan discuss Peter’s conversation with Elon Musk, and delve into the importance of optimism, technology’s role in creating abundance, and the bright future ahead for the United States. They also touch on author Peter Zeihan’s unique perspective on world events post-World War II.

In this episode:

• The fundamentals of the hierarchy of needs are all increasing in accessibility and abundance around the world.
• The more entrepreneurs there are, the more problems there are being solved.
• Studies show that 25% of people are born with a gene that predisposes them toward worry. And 25% are born with a gene that predisposes them toward opportunity.
• The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that an optimist sees failure as an anomaly, and a pessimist sees success as an anomaly.