Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil – Exponential and Abundance Thinking

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Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing—fast. In Abundance, space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, infinite computing, ubiquitous broadband networks, digital manufacturing, nanomaterials, synthetic biology, and many other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to

make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous two hundred years.

Exponential and Abundance Thinking

Below is an overview of the 10 modules that Ray and I discuss in this Exponential & Abundance Thinking knowledge course. Each video session goes deep into these topics and points out questions, which you can directly apply to your business. I will only be making this product available until June 28, 2013 or while supplies last.
Exponential and Abundance Thinking Modules

Module 1

Introductions, Personal Stories & Success Lessons

How does each of them think about the challenges and opportunities that have driven their success?
Where do they get their ideas from?
What are their top 5 “lessons learned” that they would apply to their next startup business?

Module 2

Goodbye to Linear Thinking – Hello Exponential Growth

What exactly is exponential growth? What does it feel like?
Examples that will help you think in an exponential fashion
Technology underpinning exponential growth
The lifecycle of a paradigm

Module 3

The Law of Accelerating Returns

Ray will explain how in the next 100 years of the 21st century, humanity will experience more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate). What are the implications of this law to you, your business and your industry over the next 2, 5 and 10 years?

Module 4

How the Brain Works & Artificial Intelligence

How will Strong AI enter into day-to-day business this decade?
How will it likely first emerge?
What types of new capabilities and services can you expect to see in the next 5 or 10 years?

Module 5

Incentive Competitions

Internal: How to design prizes inside your company or industry to drive breakthrough thinking and create new product or services.
External: How to incentivize the outside world to help you solve your biggest problems.

How do you leverage your capital 10-50x and only pay for results? How do you find the smartest people in the world to help you solve your biggest challenges?

Module 6

Biotechnology

The next Googles and Facebooks will come out of the biotechnology realm. Where should you be looking for these investments? How will these technologies change your prospect for extreme longevity? What are the projections for 5 years, 10 & 20 years?

Module 7

Driving Innovation

From his work with the X PRIZE, Peter has watched as teams have innovated in a range of industries. How do you create an innovative team? What are their attributes? What caused the remarkable innovation of the Apollo program, or the innovation of the dotcom revolution? Why are startups in Silicon Valley so much more innovative than others in Europe or Asia?
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Module 8

Exponential Organizational Tools

Gamification – How do you take a problem and make it into a game for other people to solve?
Crowd-Driven Product Development – How do you use the crowd to come up with and help design your next product so that they want to buy it?