Peter Diamandis: 'A Growing Pandemic of Fear' — P(fab) > P(doom)
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-09-23
X Prize founder Peter Diamandis argues that fear has become a 'growing pandemic' and is a terrible mindset from which to build the future. He stakes out an explicitly optimistic position: the probability of fabulous outcomes exceeds the probability of doom.
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